Theorising for Innovation: Implications for English Language Teacher Education

Theorising Practice in Initial Teacher Education

Book Review: Innovation and Change in English Language Education

  It is widely accepted that today’s technological world is moving in a much more speed than the past, which requires the skill of keeping up with the pace of change. This change and innovation is a must for all organizations. According to Shen (2008, p. 73), this change is trickier in the educational context, where "the nature of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of those i...

Managing innovation in English language education

Innovation in English language education (ELE) has become a major ‘growth area’ in recent years. At the same time, an ELE innovation management literature has also developed, based on insights from innovation theory and their application, both from outside and within ELE, and concerned with attempting to critically evaluate and inform ELE innovation practice. Thus, using a well-established thre...

Key Factors of Curriculum Innovation in Language Teacher Education

The focus of the study is to understand the factors of curriculum innovation from the perspective of Language teacher education. The overall aim of the study is to investigate Language educators’ perceptions of factors of curriculum innovation. In the theoretical framework the main focus is on discussion about different curriculum approaches for language teacher education and limiting and facil...

Yardsticks for Evaluating ELT Pod/Vodcasts in Online Materials Development and Their Implications for Teacher Education and Art Assisted Language Learning

ELT online materials development, which is a multifaceted multidisciplinary area, is not welcomed by many teachers, because it is demanding, challenging and confusing. They fear facing new technologies in their teaching sessions to avoid failing or being caught by other audiences. Furthermore, they struggle hard in evaluating their pod/vodcasts. In order to remove the fears and barriers, ...