2017 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Preparing English teachers for success with the MEXT guidelines
| Project/Area Number |
17K02891
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| Research Institution | Akita International University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SIM Malcolm 国際教養大学, 国際教養学部, 助教 (00795924)
町田 智久 国際教養大学, 専門職大学院グローバル・コミュニケーション実践研究科, 准教授 (40648771)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | Teacher Training / MEXT Guidelines |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The research has been progressing well, despite unexpected difficulties arranging cooperation from local Boards of Education. This cooperation has taken longer than expected, however, and is now proving fruitful. While we were only able to conduct a single teacher-training session in Yamagata in the first year, the groundwork has been laid for the second year, and we expect to conduct more workshops in the second year with BOE support in Miyagi and Iwate. The workshop conducted in Yamagata in January was a success, with teachers from around the prefecture joining on what was probably the worst snow storm of the season. Despite the weather, teachers participated in the workshops and provided valuable feedback to us as we plan further teacher-development activities.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
As previously mentioned, the communication and coordination with regional boards of education has taken longer than expected. Currently we are preparing our curriculum for a teacher training workshop in Iwate on September 8th and 9th and in Miyagi on November 2nd and 3rd. These workshops will be in full cooperation with the prefectural boards of education, and we expect over 50 participants at each. We will continue to collect teacher self-reported data at these workshops, which will assist us in better understanding the impact of these professional development act ivies, as well as the effect on actual teaching practice as teachers try to better implement the MEXT guidelines for English education.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In addition to the workshops in Miyagi and Iwate, we are in the process of securing locations for workshops in Aomori and Fukushima for the third year of the grant. In an effort to better promote the events in these prefectures, we have asked the US Consulate in Sapporo to assist in promotion (free of charge). The Consulate has long established connections in these areas, and my contacts there are eager to help us in any way they can. It seems that the Consulate can help speed up the process of getting assistance from the boards of education, as they have often been working with them form many years. At each occasion, we will be collecting data on teacher attitudes and motivation in our effort to better prepare teachers for implementation of the MEXT guidelines.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Because of time needed to coordinate with boards of education in Iwate and Myayagi, the workshops planned for 2017 will instead be conducted in 2018. This led to a slight surplus in 2017 that will be applied to 2018.
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Research Products
(4 results)
