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Feedback In The Lesson Observation Process: What Guides A Teacher Towards Development, Lina Kerbelyte Jan 2018

Feedback In The Lesson Observation Process: What Guides A Teacher Towards Development, Lina Kerbelyte

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Lesson observation is a very common practice all over the world. However, rarely does it look at personal and interpersonal aspects that are needed in feedback in order to develop autonomous and successful teachers. This thesis does not look deeper into what constitutes a good lesson, nor what methods are most suitable for students. Instead, it seeks to look deeper into the phenomenon of lesson observation feedback through the eyes of a teacher in order to see what aspects of lesson observation are useful and guide educators towards their development. What does a teacher need in order to find feedback …


Cultivating Knowledge In The School Garden: New Ways Of Teaching Literacy To Esl Students, Michele Durivage Jan 2011

Cultivating Knowledge In The School Garden: New Ways Of Teaching Literacy To Esl Students, Michele Durivage

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My thesis project includes a combination of materials development and classroom-based research. In my paper, I explore existing garden-related curricula, and create original garden-based lesson plans to teach literacy to fourth grade ESL students. This curriculum development project contributes to the field of ESL in its innovative garden-based pedagogy. The field study took place during the spring semester of 2009 at Increase Miller Elementary School in Westchester County, New York. Using nature as inspiration for writing descriptive essays and poetry, the ESL students at Increase Miller produced imaginative writing pieces, using their own voices to express their thoughts. The students’ …


Designing And Implementing A University Level English As A Second Language Program, Janice Gallagher Jan 1979

Designing And Implementing A University Level English As A Second Language Program, Janice Gallagher

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This paper represents a one year study of the steps taken to devise and implement an English as a Second Language (ESL) program at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. The study involves analyzing the teaching / learning environment; designing, implementing and evaluating the program; and analyzing the results for future programs of this nature. The paper focuses on the intermediate and advanced ESL student and includes suggestions for materials development at each particular level. The purpose of the paper is to provide a practical outline for those teachers or administrators whose task is to initiate a formal ESL …


Leadership In Mexico: A Guide To Reassessing The Mat Student-Teaching Experience, Danuta U. Guzowski Jan 1975

Leadership In Mexico: A Guide To Reassessing The Mat Student-Teaching Experience, Danuta U. Guzowski

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No abstract provided.


Report On Leadership To Castres, France, Enid Larimer Dangerfield Jan 1974

Report On Leadership To Castres, France, Enid Larimer Dangerfield

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No abstract provided.


An Intensive Teacher Training Program: 1973 Ict-Tefl Module, Mary Katherine Anzinger Jan 1974

An Intensive Teacher Training Program: 1973 Ict-Tefl Module, Mary Katherine Anzinger

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The following paper is a report describing a TEFL teacher training program taught to the International Career Training students at the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont. It includes : a two-week detailed lesson plan of classroom activities for module participants, a description of their practice-teaching with sample lesson plans and evaluations, participants' evaluations of the course, suggestions for improvement of future modules, and administrative details involved in setting up a course of this type on the SIT campus.


Planning As An Adaptive Behavior: An Overview Of My Experiences In Two Distinct Esol Environments, Janet Rose Levy Feigenbaum Jan 1973

Planning As An Adaptive Behavior: An Overview Of My Experiences In Two Distinct Esol Environments, Janet Rose Levy Feigenbaum

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No abstract provided.


Proposal: Matl Program 1971-72 , Double Degree (Part Ii), Susan Stuckey Jan 1972

Proposal: Matl Program 1971-72 , Double Degree (Part Ii), Susan Stuckey

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No abstract provided.