BECOMING A ‘REAL’ TEACHER: EFFICACY, AUTHENTICITY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Richard Pinnerrpinner@sophia.ac.jp

EFL Teachers’ Journeys Conference Kyoto 22nd June 2014

Overview

“Real” Professional Development

Motivation, Efficacy and Authenticity

How and why I came to be here

My story

Aims

To establish the validity of what all EFL teachers do for a living

This is a Narrative Inquirybased on my Self*

*Not myself

Who am I and what do I do?

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Show of Hands

How many of you work for a Private Language School?「英会話」

Show of Hands

How many of you have worked for a Private Language School?「英会話」

Show of Hands

How many of you work for a university?

My Story

Human Crossword Puzzle

When a man is tired of

London, he is tired of life

People are more self-determined if…

Autonomy

Competence

RelatednessDeci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Self‐Determination: Wiley Online Library.

What matters is how you

see yourself

Motivational Flow

Flow

Authenticity

Concentration

Control

Skill/Challenge BalanceCsikszentmihalyi, M. (1997).

Intrinsic motivation and effective teaching. In J. L. Bess (Ed.), Teaching Well and Liking It: Motivating Faculty to Teach Effectively. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.

Disagree

TheoryPractice

Summary• You can download the slides and additional

resources atwww.uniliterate.com

• Please email me!rpinner@sophia.ac.jp

• Please also checkout www.cliljapan.org

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Thanks for your attention!See you later, alligator.