Establishing and Sustaining a Community of Practice

Autor/inn/en	Brinton, Donna M.; Chilmonik, Kimberly; Echelberger, Andrea; Koi, Bot; Monh, Sarina
Titel	Establishing and Sustaining a Community of Practice
Quelle	In: CATESOL Journal, 32 (2021) 1, S.133-143 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1535-0517
Schlagwörter	Communities of Practice; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Public Agencies; Second Language Programs; Language Teachers; Faculty Development; Educational Needs; Mentors; Peer Relationship; Foreign Countries; Teacher Educators; Graduate Students; Masters Programs; Teacher Education Programs; Laos; Burma; Thailand; Vietnam; Cambodia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Peer-Beziehungen; Ausland; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Kambodscha
Abstract	Communities of practice have taken a firm foothold in the second language teaching profession due to their promise of enabling participants to self determine their professional development needs and, through peer mentoring, achieve their goals. This article provides a rationale as to why the model is particularly well suited to teacher professional development along with guidelines for establishing and sustaining the community. This process is illustrated via several examples: (1) a large-scale, multinational community of practice established in the Lower Mekong region of Southeast Asia and funded by the U.S. Department of State's Office of English Language Programs; and (2) two teacher-created local outgrowths of this community established in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01