Asynchronous (Online) Teacher Education / Professional Development Research Report/Paper (Asynchronous)
Shared Development: Promoting Shared Lesson Plans to Enhance Professional Development
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.
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Nomintuul Byambatsogt has been working as an English teacher at the first school of Khanbogd since October 2021 and teaches 12 to 18-year-old (about 107) students. She is one of the founders and leaders of her Shared Goal Professional Learning Community for English teachers of both the first and second schools of Khanbogd. This community aims to promote teamwork, lifelong learning, and sharing, make differences in students' and teachers' lives through language, and train teachers. Nomintuul graduated from the University of the Humanities in 2012 as an English teacher and received her master's degree from the University of Queensland in 2021 in educational leadership. Nomintuul is fond of dancing, swimming, doing yoga, and watching movies at her leisure. One of her core objectives for participating in the KOTESOL is to improve and share her teaching and communication skills, which will help her become a more inclusive and open-minded teacher.
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Hello everyone! My full name is Davaanyam Damdin. I have a master degree of Educational studies at University of Queensland in Australia.
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I am an english teacher of rural area in Mongolia with a 12-year experience. I have great desire to educate local students on the same level as urban students and to develop their personal development along with their academic achievements.
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Graduate from La Trobe University in Melbourne and Curtin University in Perth, Australia