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Recognizing new opportunities and challenges brought about by technological and social change, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, this volume explores innovative design, implementation, and pedagogy for practica experiences in teacher education programs in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. By showcasing research and practice undertaken in a range of teacher education courses and programs, the volume offers evidence-based approaches to enhancing pre- and in-service teachers'learning and cultural awareness. Chapters come together coherently to address issues and explore innovative structures revolving around high-quality TESOL practica. Particular attention is paid to emerging opportunities offered by virtual and simulated learning in online and in-person practica, as well as potential changes to best practice in community-based programs.Using a diverse set of lenses to examine the practical, theoretical, and methodological aspects of TESOL practica, this volume will be of interest to students, scholars and researchers with an interest in TESOL education, as well as in open and distance education.

This book describes how a support structure can be built to enhance peer-to-peer (and also students-to-lecturers) communication and support. It informs lecturers on how they can decide if they should adopt one or more social media tools to facilitate students'learning, communication, and support for an internship program. This book introduces a participatory design approach that can help develop a pedagogy that will make good use of social media tools on internship learning. It presents a framework for experiential internship learning, integrating helpful educational practices such as participatory design approach and the use of social media.

L'alternance est au cœur de diverses formations à visée professionnalisante: le va-et-vient entre différents lieux de formation, contextes scolaires, milieux de pratique et formateurs est un véritable enjeu de développement personnel et professionnel. Toutefois, malgré plusieurs recherches sur le sujet, la richesse conceptuelle de l'alternance en contexte de formation professionnelle n'a pas été pleinement exploitée. L'objectif du présent ouvrage est de dégager les liens entre les travaux sur ce sujet et de faire émerger un noyau dur de concepts définissant l'alternance. Ce livre réunit les textes d'auteurs belges, français, suisses et québécois, issus de divers champs professionnels et intéressés par les dispositifs de formation basés sur l'alternance. Il sera utile à la fois aux étudiants et aux chercheurs des sciences humaines et sociales et aux professionnels de ce type de formation. De plus, les «regards critiques» à la fin des chapitres permettent au lecteur d'appréhender le contenu sous différents éclairages.

Em Estágio Supervisionado na Formação do Pedagogo: Possibilidades e Desafios, Marilia Marques Mira estuda o estágio supervisionado voltado para a gestão escolar, estabelecendo relações entre a prática profissional e a formação inicial realizada nas universidades. Colaboraram para este trabalho pedagogos escolares, coordenadores e professores supervisores de estágio a partir de depoimentos sobre as contribuições do estágio, as dificuldades e necessidades vivenciadas em suas práticas profissionais. Nessa perspectiva, a obra destina-se a todos os professores, estudantes e demais profissionais que se dedicam a estudar e investigar as questões relacionadas ao estágio na formação dos profissionais de educação.

This book explains and demonstrates how creative writing can be used successfully in the context of professional education where traditionally a more distanced approach to reporting on professional experience has been favoured.It is based on many practical examples, drawn from several years'experience of running courses for social workers, nurses, teachers, managers and higher education staff, in which participants explore their professional practice through imaginative forms of writing. The participants experience of the work is presented through a discussion of interviews and evaluative documents. The book includes a set of distance-learning materials for those wishing to undertake such work for themselves or to establish similar courses, as well as a full analysis of the link between professional reflection and the artistic imagination.The book makes available a new and more broadly-based approach to the process of professional reflection, and the concept of the patchwork text has general relevance for debates about increasing access to higher education qualifications.