Professional Development Activities
In this website, you will find a total of 15 ideas to use in your professional development workshop. All of these activities incorporate proven and effective learning methods for adult learning: active learning and culturally relevant pedagogy.
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The goal of these activities are for EFL teachers to gain experience and introspection of how activities can be culturally relevant for their Japanese English learner.
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My activities are categorized as:
ACTIVITY LAYOUT
Lesson Plans
The style in which I provide my PD activities are that of a teacher's lesson plan. The general layout of my lesson plan is as below:
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Activity Name
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Category of Activity
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Time (times are estimated based on the activities, excluding time needed for post-activities)
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Requirements (Materials, etc.)
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Description
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Objectives
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Pre-Activity
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Activity Steps
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Post Activity
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Activity Rationale
Discussion
Each activity encourages a discussion at the end where participants get to debrief what they just experienced. It also opens up a space for participants to share their ideas and concerns as well as their own teaching experiences.
Activity Rationale
At the very end of the lesson plans/activity is a rationale for the activity. Ideally, this would be used to close the activity and give space for final thoughts. The rationales are supported by research and literature I have reviewed for my Capstone.