UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA LICENCITURA EN INGLES COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA ESCUELA DE LA CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

PRESENTED BY: NATALIA LEIVA TRUJILLO CODE: 1.081.155.677

PRESENTED TO: ASTRID YANIRA LEMOS

BOGOTA D.C APRIL 2014

ACTIVITY 1

Review the course material and answer the following questions about the nature of professional development, and the specific individual strategies to implement professional development.

1. What are the differences between teacher training and teacher development? What can you add from your own personal experience?

TEACHER TRAINING

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

present responsibilities and is typically It serves a longer-term goal and seeks aimed at short-term and immediate to facilitate growth of teachers goal. understanding of teaching and of themselves as teachers.

Often it is seen as preparation for in- It often involves examining different duction into a rst teaching position or dimensions of a teachers practice as a as preparation to take on a new basis for reec- tive teaching assignment or responsibility. Training involves understanding ba- sic concepts and principles as a prerequisite for applying them to teaching and the ability to demonstrate principles and practices in the classroom.

Example: Learning how to use effective strategies to open a lesson Adapting the textbook to match the class Learning how to use group activities in a lesson Using effective questioning techniques Using classroom aids and resources (e.g., video) Techniques for giving learners feedback on performance

Example: familiarization with developments in subject-matter knowledge such as pedagogical grammar, composition theory, or genre the- ory; and critical examination of the way schools and language programs are organized and managed.

2. What would you like to include in a portfolio if you decided to assemble one?

The portfolio is a method of teaching, learning and student assessment and teacher, through this may reflect the capabilities to take into the subject or theme, the portfolio helps to have a sense of belonging and motivation for learning .

I would include that each person developing a portfolio evaluate your own portfolio or ponder, I think that will make self-critical to evaluate ourselves , take responsibility for coming and helping us evaluate portfolios, motivates us to be organized and continue to expand our learning process.

3. What particular issue would you focus a case study on in your context?

human resource of a instituccion.