Asynchronous (Online) Shared Development: Promoting Shared Lesson Plans to Enhance Professional Development more

Fri, Apr 28, 12:00-Thu, Jun 1, 00:05 Asia/Seoul

This action research aims at examining the impact of shared lesson plans on teachers’ professional development. “The shared lesson plans” term refers to collaborative lesson planning which allows teachers to apply the same lesson plans to their teaching practices regardless of their differences. The research was conducted among 10 English teachers in two schools in a rural area of Mongolia for 48 weeks. The data was collected through the interviews, the story of the group chat, and students’ feedback for the teachers. The data were thematically analyzed. The result of the research shows that all 10 teachers benefited from the shared lesson plans in terms of their teaching methods, and professional, academic and personal growth according to the socio-cultural theory of Vygotsky. The findings suggest that novice and reluctant teachers should be more mentored and taken care of throughout the implementation of the shared lesson plans.