TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

PRETASK:

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE TEACHING

PRACTICES

STUDENT:

ALVARO ANDRES BABILONIA MENDOZA

TEACHER

DINA ESPERANZA BONILLA

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA

SEPTIEMBRE DE 2019
Student: Alvaro Babilonia Mendoza

Name of tutor: Dina Esperanza Bonilla

Date: 02/09/2019 Group: 551023_18

Course name: Teacher Development

Units of the curse: (2)

 Unit 1: Teacher development and strategies to enhance teaching practices.

Chapters

-The nature of teaching education

-Workshop

-Teacher support groups

- Keeping a teaching journal

- Peer observation

- Teaching portfolios

 Unit 2: The contribution of research to teacher’s development.

Chapters

- Action research

- The range of ways research can contribute

-Types of research engagement

-Teacher or researcher led

 -Key components

-The contribution of research at different stages of

- teacher’s wo

What am I going to learn in this course?

 Recognize and understand the importance of teacher development processes to

maintain interest, creativity, motivation, and enthusiasm in their teaching
practice in any educational context.
 Identify the importance of continuous formation or development and the new
strategies to apply in their professional using research as a means to develop
professionalism and reflecting and evaluating their effectiveness

Expectations

 I really expect to understand the importance of the professor in the classroom

and how far we can get as a teacher in the education process.
Task 2

a. What do you understand about teacher development?

Teacher development can be taken as a process of becoming “the best kind of teacher and it
starts from the very beginning and continues until the retirement professionally and until the
deathbed personally. Generally, we as teachers, learn a lot from our own experience of
teaching and being acquainted with new ideas and development through personal reading,
formal training, conference, networking sharing, following the guidelines from course book,
experimenting the new curriculum, taking a new role, changing the course books,
collaboration in teaching like team teaching, joint work, peer observation, supervision and
so on. This paper mainly talks about teacher development, its nature and about classroom
observation as a strategy of teacher development.

b. Why is teacher development important to the language teachers?

Good teachers help create great students. In fact, research shows that an inspiring
and informed teacher is the most important school-related factor influencing
student achievement, so it is critical to pay close attention to how we train and
support both new and experienced educators.

The best teacher-preparation programs emphasize subject-matter mastery and

provide many opportunities for student teachers to spend time in real classrooms
under the supervision of an experienced mentor. Just as professionals in medicine,
architecture, and law have opportunities to learn through examining case studies,
learning best practices, and participating in internships, exemplary teacher -
preparation programs allow teacher candidates the time to apply their learning of
theory in the context of teaching in a real classroom.

c. Why is it necessary to study, practice and do some research in education when being a
teacher?

When educators discover new teaching strategies through professional development, they are
able to go back to the classroom and make changes to their lecture styles and curricula to
better suit the needs of their students. However, these changes are hard to evaluate because
they are typically implemented gradually. Professional development for teachers makes them
more efficient in their presentations and course evaluations by exposing educators to new
delivery methods, evaluation styles and record-keeping strategies.

d. What qualifications does a teacher should have?

Students expect teachers to be subject matter experts for the topics they teach. This means
teachers should be able to answer any question a student throws their way. Professional
development programs can enable teachers to expand their knowledge base in different
subject areas. The more professional development a teacher undergoes, the more knowledge
and industry insight he or she gains.

e. ¿Do you understand which will be your teaching activity? Would you like to teach English
or another language in schools or colleges or other institutions? Would you like to teach
English in Bilingual school or public school?

English is the language I want to teach, this has been the language I have been getting
prepared and my hopes are to teach it in high school.

Task 3.

1. What are the differences between teacher training and teacher development?

Teacher training
Acknowledges that it takes time and effort for teachers to change their practice.
Acknowledges the challenges involved in changing teaching practice.
Knows and uses basic training practices.

Teacher development

Acknowledges that professional development takes different forms and is a career-long

process. Provides suggestions of a limited range of teaching resources.
Is aware of external pressures on teachers from education ministries, training activity
sponsors, parents and the media.
Is aware of key research in teacher development.

2. What are some of the problems language teachers face in the first years of teaching?

1. Balancing the different learning needs of students

2. Respecting expectations from school admins
3. Helping parents and students meet long-term goals

3. How can teacher development contribute to institutional improvement?

1. Focus on your lesson plans.

2. Know your strengths and weaknesses.

3. Create a need-based plan.

4. Give it time to work.

5. Seek out professional communities.