On Saturday, July 8, the Gwangju-Jeonnam KOTESOL Chapter will host a workshop from Maria Lisak all about action research for teachers. This promises to be hands-on, fun, and inspiring, so please join us! All are welcome.
Schedule
2:00-2:15 p.m. Check-in and Mingling
2:15-3:45 p.m. Workshop: Cheerleading the Self-Directed Investigations of EFL Teachers: Action Research & Practitioner Inquiry
Presenter: Maria Lisak, Chosun University
4:00-4:45 p.m. SwapShop: Summer Professional Development Recommendations
4:45-5:00 p.m. Announcements and Closing
Cheerleading the Self-Directed Investigations of EFL Teachers: Action Research & Practitioner Inquiry
Want to celebrate something that went great in your class? Or perhaps you are scratching your chin wondering what went wrong? Let’s get together to talk and write about it. This workshop is a chance to reflect on your teaching and start writing it up for publication. The workshop will have three parts. First, we’ll do some brainstorming and reflection around our teaching for possible research questions. Part II will give a chance to extend group discussion or work silently on researching a literature review and frameworks for your study. Finally, a template will be shared to help organize the day's discussion and search into a mini-publishable report on your practitioner inquiry posed in the day’s workshop. Action research or practitioner inquiry is a type of qualitative research that marries the theoretical and the practical. It is a chance to look at your teaching practices. We can reflect and report on what we have already done that worked (or didn’t!) Or we can plan and implement new activities, frameworks or theories that we have read about or picked up at workshops or conferences. Action research is something that most teachers do as they reflect and plan lessons. Sharing your perspectives with others in the field is an important chance to build knowledge together about teaching English in all of our unique contexts.
Presenter:
Maria Lisak has been teaching public administration and social welfare at Chosun University since 2012 and is currently working on her EdD in Literacy, Culture and Language Education through Indiana University. As a lifetime member of KOTESOL, she hopes members are comfortable stepping up for volunteer leadership roles and sharing professional development experiences online and in-person at the many KOTESOL events held throughout the year. You can check out her CV on her blog: koreamaria.typepad.com/gwangju
SwapShop:
Summer Professional Development Recommendations
As summer begins, some of us may be looking for books, videos, courses, or other resources for professional development, or for pleasure! Have something you'd like to recommend to the rest of us? Let us know! All participants are encouraged to participate in SwapShop. If you have any questions, please email gwangju@koreatesol.org
