Hanks, JI orcid.org/0000-0001-6750-7568 and Dikilitaş, K (2018) Mentoring language teaching professionals in/through Exploratory Practice. In: Dikilitaş, K and Hanks, JI, (eds.) Developing Language Teachers with Exploratory Practice: Innovations and explorations in language education. Palgrave Macmillan , London , pp. 11-37. ISBN 978-3-319-75734-6
Abstract
This chapter tells the story of our experiences of starting Exploratory Practice (EP) in a new and vibrant setting (Professional Development in Turkey and Northern Cyprus). We explore in-service language teacher education with the introduction of EP as an inquiry-based tool for professional development. Engaging teachers as learners of ‘doing-being’ research can be a catalyst for developing from a focus on practitioners as passive recipients of knowledge to active generators of understandings and knowledge. However, this shift poses epistemological challenges for teachers who do not yet have or are still developing a researcher identity. Together with teachers, teacher educators and curriculum developers, we work to understand the complexities of our various educational contexts.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. Reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75735-3_2 |
Keywords: | Exploratory Practice; Mentoring; Teacher Development; Practitioner Research; Inquiry-based Continuous Professional Development |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Department for Business Innovation & Skills No reference |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2018 13:29 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-319-75735-3_2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133602 |