RSSVolume 7 Issue 4

Teacher Study Groups as a Vehicle to Strengthen EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity and Voice

Teacher Study Groups as a Vehicle to Strengthen EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity and Voice

| December 30, 2005

NNSs (non-native speakers) of English who are EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher candidates have long experienced isolation, frustration, and exclusion in the process of learning to teach English in U.S. graduate programs.

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A Proposed Model for EFL Teacher Involvement in On-going Curriculum Development

A Proposed Model for EFL Teacher Involvement in On-going Curriculum Development

| December 30, 2005

This paper highlights two main assumptions about curriculum development and teacher professional growth. One is that curriculum development is an on-going process that never ceases once a curriculum framework and a package of prescribed teaching/learning materials are produced and introduced in an educational system.

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The Impact of Curriculum Innovation on the Cultures of Teaching

The Impact of Curriculum Innovation on the Cultures of Teaching

| December 30, 2005

This paper describes the Rolling Project conducted in the College English Department at a major provincial university in China from 1998 to 2000. The purpose is to explore the change process, the subsequent challenges presented to the main stakeholders in the university, and the impact that this English language curriculum innovation has brought about to the then prevalent cultures of teaching.

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