Articles
Explore expert articles for teacher educators covering the latest developments in English language education and teacher training. Stay informed and support your professional practice with practical insights based on current research and evidence-based approaches from around the world.
Classroom action research
This article looks at what classroom action research is, the reasons for doing it, and how to get started.
Developing managers through informal learning
Liam Brown looks at how learning in the workplace can be used to support manager development.
Managing education in a digital world
Andy Hockley looks at how the digital world is affecting learning and the way we manage education. He provides some useful advice on what to consider and how to plan for online education management.
Training for managers in language schools – the IDLTM
Andy Hockley explains all about The International Diploma in Language Teaching Management (IDLTM), including the history, the syllabus, how participants are assessed and why it is a qualification worth pursuing.
A guide to continuing professional development – formal observations
This guide provides valuable information and suggestions on how to make formal observations effective and useful.
Agnes Enyedi: How to avoid teacher burnout
This webinar looks into the background of burnout and shares some teachers’ ideas about how to stay away from it.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) frameworks for English language teachers
The British Council, Cambridge English and EAQUALS provide an overview of their continuing professional development frameworks.
What is ‘continuing professional development’?
Can continuing professional development change lives?
This article is an extract from the British Council publication, ‘Innovations in the continuing professional development of English language teachers’. Here the author, Ann Wiseman, revisits teachers from a CPD programme that took place 12 years earlier, to discover if Continuing Professional Development changes lives.
What are some of the challenges to continuing professional development?
This article is an extract from the British Council publication, ‘Innovations in the continuing professional development of English language teachers’. Here the author, Russell Stannard, looks at potential barriers to Continuing Professional Development and suggests technology might be one answer.