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Teacher Education / Professional Development Research Paper (25 mins)

Korean English Teachers’ Professional Development Needs: National Survey

Sun, May 1, 10:00-Tue, May 31, 23:55 Asia/Seoul

This talk identifies Korean English teachers’ (KETs) continuous professional development (CPD) needs, drawing on a three-country comparative study (South Korea, Japan and China) commissioned by the British Council. We start with a brief introduction to the comparative study and the national survey. We will then discuss KETs’ current CPD practices, the reasons they engage in CPD and their perceptions of the existing provision. More importantly, we present KETs’ CPD needs and factors that influence their decisions to participate in on- and off-line CPD. The large-scale study makes original contribution to research on CPD, generating insights into KET’s CPD needs under the pandemic, such as desired contents and methods. The findings show the interaction between the context and the needs. We will make specific suggestions to better support KETs, which will help the government and CPD providers with designing and delivering CPD programmes, in Korea and beyond.

  • Tae Hee CHOI

    Dr Tae-Hee Choi is Associate Professor at The Education University of Hong Kong, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, and of the East-West Center, USA. She has extensive experience in English-language teaching, teacher education and policy advisory. Her current research focuses on education policy processes, teacher development therein, and the interrela tionship between languages and policy processes. Dr Choi has been leading several multinational comparative research projects investigating the impact of education policies in public schooling. For further details on her research, see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tae_Hee_Choi.

  • Hyun Jin Kim

    Dr Hyun Jin KIM is Professor at Cheongju National University of Education.