English Australia Professional Development & Research

Professional Development

One of English Australia's key strategic goals is to provide leadership in raising educational and professional standards in member colleges, one aspect of which is the professional development of college staff. EA does this for members, and for the industry as a whole, by supporting the professional development of staff in a number of different ways…

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• 2010 English Australia Professional Development Workshops & Seminars
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• 2009 EA PD Workshops & Seminars
• 2008 EA PD Workshops & Seminars

Research

Action research

In 2010 English Australia is piloting a program of small-scale classroom-based action research projects by teachers, for teachers, largely funded by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations. The aims of the program are:

1. to equip teachers with the skills to enable them to explore and address identified teaching challenges in the context of Australian ELICOS; and
2. to share outcomes of this research in the form of presentations at local events and at the English Australia conference, as well as through publication.

• Find out more about the EA/Cambridge ESOL Action Research in ELICOS 2010 program...

To find out more about action research, click here to view Professor Anne Burns' presentation at the 2009 English Australia Conference and click here for a link to the 'Teachers Voices' series, publications of action research carried out in the Australian Adult Migrant Education Program.