DIGITAL LIBRARY
THE USE OF COMMUNIT-E-NGAGEMENT FOR GLOBAL LITERACY DEVELOPMENT OF PRE- AND IN-SERVICE TEACHERS IN AN ONLINE GRADUATE TESOL PROGRAM
Columbia University Teachers College (UNITED STATES)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN17 Proceedings
Publication year: 2017
Pages: 2251-2256
ISBN: 978-84-697-3777-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2017.1469
Conference name: 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 3-5 July, 2017
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Abstract:
Recent research (Coady, Harper, & de Jong, 2011; Micek & Harr, 2010; Smolen, Zhang, & Detwiler, 2013) indicates that service learning, or community engagement is becoming more frequently implemented across educational contexts to help students and teachers find their place in the world, where they have power and agency, and where they can make a change. This virtual presentation will spotlight a communit-E-ngagement project that was implemented in an online graduate program for pre- and in-service Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) teachers. The presentation will highlight how the communit-E-ngagement project helped enriched the online MA TESOL teacher preparation program, and assisted the teacher candidates to successfully work in globalized spaces. The presentation will also include a discussion of the benefits, limitations, and recommendations for improvement of the communit-E-ngagement project in an online learning environment.
Keywords:
Online learning, academic literacy, community engagement, Communit-E-Ngagement, teacher education, pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, TESOL.