A professional development program for primary school English language teachers in Turkey: designing a materials bank

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2004-11-01

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Daloğlu, Ayşegül

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This paper presents and discusses an in-service teacher development program that focussed on establishing a materials bank for English language teachers at a private primary school in Ankara, Turkey, and teachers' evaluations of the program. The program aimed to lead to teacher change as growth and learning, to address school-based needs, and to provide overall quality improvement. Feedback obtained during the professional development program and after its completion demonstrates that teachers improved their knowledge and skills on materials design and curriculum related issues as well as improving the overall quality of instruction and developing a positive attitude towards professional development.

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Professional development, Designing instructional materials

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/62322

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2004.04.001

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Department of Foreign Language Education, Article

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A. Daloğlu, “A professional development program for primary school English language teachers in Turkey: designing a materials bank,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, pp. 677–690, 2004, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/62322.