1. LANGUAGE NETWORK FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE www.lanqua.eu

2. SP2 Language teacher education CASE STUDY 1: Development of Research Skills in Teacher Education The Experience of the University of Latvia http://www.lu.lv London, July,2, 2010

3. University of Latvia

4. Rationale The teaching profession and research skills Research skills as outcomes Implications for the study process: - complexity of the nature of the research skills; - interdisciplinarity; - step by step approach; - continuous development.

5. The Example From 1st to the last semester Synergy across the study process Class and out-of-class activities Involvement of all students Preparation and organization Reflection

6. WHAT? Activities for development of research skills : Working with resources Writing references and abstracts Small case studies Questioning Analyzing data, theories, phenomena Describing Interpreting ideas, results, examples Preparing posters, presentations Discussing and debating Evaluating and reflecting Cha i ring

7. How? From the first class to the conference A special course on research Regular classes: - group work - peer review - team teaching - mini- case studies - brainstormi8ng - micro-teaching - reporting in class - teaching practice

8. Conference Involvement of students Preparation and organization Participation Reflection Added value

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