Theory and practice

Aims and objectives

of materials

Role of materials in
teacher education
programs

Knowledge by theorycreating processes

Learn from experience

Build professional knowledge
-Inductive Approaches
-Educational approaches
-Theoretical rationales

Active role

Meaningful
Powerful

Self-researching

Professional development
Reflective practices

Collaborative work

In-service
Pre-service

Cultural issues

Contextual factors

Cross-cultural knowledge

Teacher trainers
role

Educational
approaches

Guidelines

Student teachers
role

Taken from Rahimi, M. What do we want teaching-materials for in EFL teacher training programs?
Adapted by Agudelo, Y., Cadavid, M., Ospina, S.(2015)