Jack C Richards' 50 tips for teacher development : Cambridge handbooks for language teachers. tertiary education (US: College)

This book offers 50 practical ideas for teachers to use for professional development. The tips cover a wide range of activities that can be carried out individually or in collaboration with others, including self and peer observation, journal writing, on-line forums, classroom research, action research, team teaching, lesson review, materials review, lesson study, mentoring, peer coaching, reading groups, and workshops. Each tip is described in a 2 two-page format that gives the rational for the activity and step-by-step procedures for implementing it. The Tips can be used with both novice and more experienced teachers and are intended to provide a basis for teachers to review the current state of their professional learning and to develop and implement goals for their professional development. This volume offers 50 practical ideas for teachers to use for professional development. The tips cover a wide range of activities that can be carried out individually or in collaboration with others, including self and peer observation, journal writing, on-line forums, classroom research, action research, team teaching, lesson review, materials review, lesson study, mentoring, peer coaching, reading groups, and workshops. Each tip is described in a 2 two-page format that gives the rational for the activity and step-by-step procedures for implementing it Frontmatter Contents Acknowledgements Why_I_wrote_this_book Review_your_professional_development Find_out_how_you_teach Observe_the_nature_of_lessons Find_out_more_about_your_learners Review_the_language_you_use_in_teaching Engage_in_critical_reflection Expand_your_knowledge_of_the_field Develop_research_skills Expand_your_teaching_skills Research_your_own_teaching Create_an_institutional_professional_development_culture Share_your_knowledge_and_skills Appendix_1 Appendix_2 Appendix_3 Index