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1 TEACHERS IN TRANSITION INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO EAP PRACTICE 1

2 PHD COMPLETION AND POST PHD EXPERIENCES Completed PhD thesis last August and had viva in November – got through with minor corrections. Title of the thesis was TEACHERS IN TRANSITION: DEVELOPING ACTIONS, KNOWLEDGE, AND PRACTICE IN THE EAP CLASSROOM. Studied part time over six years – starting in 2008. 2

3 MY FORMER WORKPLACE – UEA LONDON PROVIDER OF FOUNDATION-TYPE COURSES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SEEKING PROGRESSION TO UNIVERSITY DEGREES. ESTABLISHED 2010. BRAND NEW TEACHING TEAM. 3

4 SET UP A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS IN 2011/2012 1.Introductory usage of Moodle. 2.Pedagogic Approaches to Interactive Whiteboard Usage. 3.Advanced usage of Moodle. 4.Using blogs and wikis in the English Language classroom. 5.Adapting traditional approaches to feedback (guest speaker). 6.Using data capture tools and recording lectures. 4

5 THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS Main research questions: What developments occur in terms of EAP teachers’ actions and knowledge during and after a teacher education programme on the use of technologies in the classroom? How do these developments shape or reshape EAP teachers’ specific professional practice of using technology in EAP teaching? 5

6 MAIN FINDINGS Changing sense of teachers’ practice Embedding of technology in teaching Different understandings of content Increased sharing of practice in the workplace Reshaping the blend in EAP practice Developments in the system of activity 6

7 7 WRITING UP PROCESS

8 THE THESIS WHISPERER & TWITTER 8

9 WRITING UP PROCESS 9

10 WRITING UP PROCESS AND VIVA PREP 10


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