PAC7 at JALT2008 Proceedings Article Data

Article title, keywords, abstract, and writer profiles

Title:
Asian based teacher development

Keywords:
Asian teacher development self-reflection assessment

Abstract:
This is the second of three phases of a research-funded project on teacher development being carried out in schools in Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The focus of this phase is the application of teacher self-reflection as part of the teacher training program.

Writer profiles:
Hector Luk teaches at Kansai University of International Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, and Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. He completed his Master's degree in Applied Linguistics at Macquarie University in 2005, and his research interests are teacher education, bilingualism and learner development.

Gerald Williams is Chair of the Department of English Education at Kansai University of International Studies. He has a Master's of Education from Temple University. His research interests are currently focused on teacher development and the influence of context on pedagogical decision making.

Jonathan Aliponga is currently an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Department of English Education at Kansai University of International Studies in Hyogo. He holds a Master's degree in English Language Teaching and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. His research interests are ESL/EFL teaching methods, teacher education, and materials development.

Midori Sasaki is an Associate Professor of Department of English
Education at Kansai University of International Studies. She has a Master's degree in Linguistics from Kobe City University of International Studies. Her current research interests are language teaching and autonomous learning.

Keiko Yoshida teaches part-time at Kansai University of International Studies. She completed a Master's degree in English linguistics at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies in 1998 and her research interests are in language acquisition, speech perception, language teaching, especially to small children.

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