{"id":19153,"date":"2022-08-10T08:53:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T08:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/?post_type=course&#038;p=19153"},"modified":"2023-06-04T11:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T11:53:39","slug":"gmile-penny-ur","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/course\/gmile-penny-ur\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and Teaching: A Teacher&#8217;s Perspective with Penny Ur"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vibe_editor_columns_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_columns_1_2 \">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_column_content\">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mint-Coffee-Photo-Minimalist-Food-Journal-Book-Cover.png\"  title=\"mint-coffee-photo-minimalist-food-journal-book-cover\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_column_content\">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p style=\"\"><em>What kinds of research are there?<br \/>\nWhich are more, or less, relevant to classroom practice?<br \/>\nWhy do so few English teachers read or use the research?<br \/>\nIn what ways may research usefully inform practice?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Throughout the course, participants will be introduced to a number of relatively recent research studies (as well as some older ones) on topics relevant to English teaching and learning. We will consider why, how \u2013 and, indeed, if \u2013 their conclusions may be implemented in our own teaching practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<h3 style=\"\">Goals of the course<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"\"><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"\">To familiarize participants with a number of key research studies relevant to English language teaching (mostly, but not all, from the 21st century)<\/li>\n<li style=\"\">To share participants\u2019 own experience of using (or not using) research resources in their own teaching<\/li>\n<li style=\"\">To discuss the \u2018gap\u2019 between research and practice: why don\u2019t teachers use research very much?<\/li>\n<li style=\"\">To discuss how research can be used by practitioners through actual studies and suggested implementation strategies<\/li>\n<li style=\"\">To suggest ways in which participants can access relevant research within the limitations of a full-time teaching schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p style=\"\">Live online Zoom sessions will be held six times in May and June, on Sundays from 11:00 to 12:00 UTC\/GMT. Recordings will be available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p style=\"\">Dates: May 7, 14, 21, 28 and June 4, 11<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Time: 11:00 &#8211; 12:00 GMT\/UTC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_shortcode\">Check your local time here: (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?msg=Research+and+Teaching&#038;iso=20230507T11&#038;p1=1440&#038;ah=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?msg=Research+and+Teaching&#038;iso=20230507T11&#038;p1=1440&#038;ah=1\">Check your local time<\/a>)<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GMILE-hero.png\"  title=\"gmile-hero\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p style=\"\"><strong>Cost: $240 USD.&nbsp; <\/strong>(We can provide receipts for research funds, if needed.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p style=\"\"><strong>Registration includes the six live sessions and unlimited discussions each week in a private forum. <\/strong>Upon successful completion of the course participants will receive a certificate verifying that they are an &#8220;iTDi Great Minds Educator&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p style=\"\"><strong>This course has no required book. <\/strong>Online versions of the articles discussed during the course will be available on the iTDi website. Participants can see which articles will be discussed in upcoming sessions so they may read them in advance if they so wish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p style=\"\">This 6-week online iTDi Great Minds in Language Education course will bring up to 20 teachers together in our user-friendly iTDi online classroom every Sunday, and then continue throughout the week \u2013 sharing, discussing and reflecting in a private, but vibrant, online community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p style=\"\">As a registered participant, don\u2019t worry if you have to miss a live class or if the time for the live sessions doesn&#8217;t work well for your time zone. You\u2019ll receive weekly recordings of each class, full transcripts of the text chat during class, assigned readings and a PDF of the PowerPoint slides. Furthermore, the online community will remain private and online for your use anytime in the future, providing an ongoing source of ideas, information and sharing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<h3 style=\"\">Scholarships<\/h3>\n<p style=\"\">As always, iTDi believes that all teachers deserve the same opportunity to improve themselves. Therefore, a limited number of scholarships will be available for this course. Please apply through our scholarship application.<\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><a><strong>APPLY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<h2 style=\"\">Penny Ur:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_columns_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_columns_2_1 \">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_column_content\">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_rich_text\">\n<p style=\"\">Penny Ur is an experienced English teacher at primary and secondary level in Israel, and has lectured and published extensively on English-teaching methodology. Her main interest is the design and use of practical classroom language-teaching procedures and materials, on which she has written a number of books, including <em>Five minute activities<\/em> (with Andrew Wright) (1991), <em>Grammar practice activities<\/em> (2nd Edition)(2009), <em>Vocabulary activities<\/em> (2012), <em>A course in English language teaching<\/em> (2nd Edition) (2012), <em>Discussions and more<\/em> (2014), <em>Penny Ur\u2019s 100 tips<\/em> (2016), <em>Penny Ur\u2019s 77 tips for vocabulary teaching<\/em> (2022), all published by Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_column_content\">\n<div class=\"vibe_editor_media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/penny22019-scaled.jpg\"  title=\"%d7%a4%d7%a0%d7%99-%d7%90%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%91-%d7%90%d7%9e%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%9f\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this course, we will explore several issues related to the implementation of research-based insights &#8212; or not! &#8212; in classroom practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1311,"featured_media":19193,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"_vibebp_attr":"","_vibebp_dimensions":"","_vibebp_responsive_height":"","_vibebp_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"course-cat":[1033],"coauthors":[3152],"class_list":["post-19153","course","type-course","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","course-cat-great-minds-in-language-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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