TESL Ontario Webinar

What is a scholar-practitioner? How can English as an Additional Language (EAL) teaching and learning be positioned as a scholarly field? What is the role of teacher research in the lives of scholar-practitioners? What are some examples of teacher research in the Canadian context? What are some steps teachers can take towards embodying an identity as a scholar-practitioner?

EAL teachers can be scholar-practitioners engaged in growing their professional knowledge as they work to understand, instigate, and sustain student learning. Articulating and disseminating knowledge gathered in practice supports teachers’ intellectual well-being, as they draw on the wider knowledge resources of the field while contributing back and strengthening how English is taught and learned.

The key points covered in this webinar will allow attendees to:

• conceptualize the notion of a scholar-practitioner,
• define and position EAL teaching and learning as a scholarly field,
• articulate the role of teacher research in the lives of scholar-practitioners,
• draw inspiration from examples of research carried out by scholar-practitioners, and
• plan their next steps as scholar-practitioners drawing from and contributing to the field.

WEBINAR TYPE

Research

CATEGORIES

Teacher research

TEACHING SECTORS

All sectors

PARTICIPANT LEVEL

All levels

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Dr. Scott Roy Douglas is an associate professor in the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan School of Education. His focus is on English as an additional language teaching and learning in adult and post-secondary contexts, with a particular interest in materials development, curriculum design, and how people learn an additional language. He is also the editor of the BC TEAL Journal.

Website: https://education.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/scott-douglas