Digital Professional Development — Matt Keighley
Shizuoka JALT — Shizuoka City
October 8, 2017
14:00 – 16:00
In busy academic institutions, with many new staff only teaching a few lessons a week, opportunities for Professional Development may be scant. Indeed, more experienced teachers may have forgotten how it felt to be a fresh face in front of the class and struggle to offer appropriate guidance. Under such circumstances, Cooperative Development undertaken with one’s peers can contribute to improvement under inclusive and empowering circumstances. This talk will introduce some digital variations on standard Cooperative Development practice and discuss the presenter’s own experience in employing such a model in support of his own teaching practice.
Bio: Matt Keighley has been teaching in Japan for eight years and is currently in his second year of teaching at university level. He works at J.F. Oberlin, Tama University, and is the representative owner of Square One LLC.