Introduction: Online Teacher Education and Professional Development in TESOL

Document Type : Original Article

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University of Sydney, Australia

Abstract

Seven articles in this issue address teachers’ beliefs and experiences with on-line professional development, the affordances offered by self-directed PD, the interactional processes that take place during on-line discussion groups, the changes in professional knowledge that group interaction can facilitate, the role of teacher reflection, the delivery of a course in on-line format, and challenges teachers face in switching to in-line instruction.

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