DMIAC Key Competencies in International Academic Communication - Exploratory Practice

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Libor Štěpánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Contact Person: PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
Course objectives
It is often suggested that language teachers should engage in research or scholarship, but as busy practitioners with heavy workloads it is difficult to see how this might be achieved. Teachers are pulled in two different directions: action and research. So how might research be integrated into pedagogic practice? And what challenges and rewards might we expect to find, if we try it out ourselves? One recent form of practitioner research, known as Exploratory Practice (EP), suggests integrating research and pedagogy by using normal pedagogic practices as investigative tools. EP prioritises action for understanding (before attempting to solve problems), and encourages language teachers and learners to work together to investigate what puzzles us. In this two-day interactive workshop we will discuss the principles of ‘fully inclusive’ practitioner research in language learning and teaching. Participants are invited to consider what puzzles us about our language teaching (and learning) lives. We will then discuss ways of investigating classroom language learning and teaching, using our normal pedagogic practices as investigative tools. By including learners as well as teachers as co-researchers, we can conduct research that is entirely relevant to our language teaching (and learning) lives, thus enhancing our quality of life in the language classroom. We end by considering what practice as research might look like in our classrooms, and prepare for investigations into our own learning and teaching in the coming year. Please come ready for lively discussions about your own learning and teaching situations, as well as about exploratory practice in other parts of the world.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015.
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