Teacher Development Through Materials Development

Conference Overview:

l Date: June 9-10, 2018

l Venue: Hongkou Campus, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)

l Organizer: Materials Development Association (MATSDA); Shanghai International Studies University (SISU); The Shanghai Center for Research in English Language Education (SCRELE)

l Participants: Nearly 150 researchers, teacher educators, and teachers from the global community of language education

l Theme: Teacher Development Through Materials Development

Sub-themes:

1. Textbook Development Courses

2. Textbook Localization

3. School-based Textbook Development

4. The Use of Teacher's Guides

5. Teacher Development

Plenary Talks:

1. Brian TOMLINSON (University of Liverpool)

Topic: Teachers Developing

2. Qiufang WEN (National Research Center for Foreign Language Education)

Topic: A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Teaching Materials in the Classroom Ecology

3. Hitomi MASUHARA (University of Liverpool)

Topic: Using Materials Development Assignments for Teacher Development

4. Rod ELLIS (Curtin University)

Topic: Teacher-Preparation for Task-based Language Teaching

5. Alan MALEY (Cambridge University)

Topic: Developing Teachers: an Emergent Approach through Materials Development

Parallel Sessions & Poster Presentations:

On June 9th and 10th, scholars from worldwide engaged in full-day discussions on various topics related to textbook development and teacher development. The discussions covered a wide range of issues, including curriculum design for textbook development and teacher growth, textbook development projects and teacher development, localization of textbooks and teacher development, school-based textbook development and teacher development, teacher development during the textbook evaluation process, teacher development during the textbook adaptation process, the use of textbooks and teacher development, and the use of teacher's guides and teacher development. Participants shared their views and insights on these topics.