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Day 1: Friday 27 February<br />
Time Venue Activity<br />
14.00 – <strong>15</strong>.<strong>15</strong> Various PARALLEL SESSION 2 continued<br />
internationally accredited qualifications. The size of this market is<br />
significant. Does a qualification like the CELTA help develop and define<br />
quality for teacher education in this context? What are the opportunities,<br />
weaknesses, strengths and threats inherent in using CELTA as a<br />
benchmark qualification in India? How can global standards meet local<br />
needs?<br />
Usha Venkat is an India-based CELTA tutor and assessor with over twenty<br />
years' experience in in-service and pre-service teacher education,<br />
corporate training and examining.<br />
Hemalini Guttery is a freelance teacher educator, based in the UK. She<br />
has been working exclusively as a CELTA tutor in India for the past four<br />
years.<br />
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14.00 – <strong>15</strong>.<strong>15</strong> G04 Working with children as co-<strong>res</strong>earchers: theory and practice?<br />
Rama Mathew and Annamaria Pinter<br />
This p<strong>res</strong>entation will report on an ongoing collaborative <strong>res</strong>earch project<br />
in English classrooms in Delhi in which teachers involve their young<br />
learners (6 to 12-year-olds) as <strong>res</strong>earchers. Teachers will p<strong>res</strong>ent data<br />
from the ongoing <strong>res</strong>earch project and we will add<strong>res</strong>s a range of issues<br />
such as: ethical considerations, local constraints and benefits/challenges<br />
for both teachers and children. We will also talk about lessons learnt so far<br />
and ways forward both in theoretical and practical terms.<br />
Rama Mathew, Professor at the Central Institute of Education, Delhi<br />
University, works with teachers and is inte<strong>res</strong>ted in teacher education,<br />
language assessment and multilingual education.<br />
Annamaria Pinter is Associate Professor at the Centre for Applied<br />
Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK. Her <strong>res</strong>earch inte<strong>res</strong>ts include all<br />
aspects of language learning in childhood and teacher development.<br />
Other p<strong>res</strong>enters: Richard Smith, Esther Sahoo, Ranjani Shankar, M.<br />
Sharada, Sonika Gupta and Usha Malhan.<br />
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14.00 – <strong>15</strong>.00 G05 Developing materials for effective training sessions, Debbie Candy<br />
What makes ‘good’ teacher education materials? How should we structure<br />
teacher education workshops? This depends on our beliefs about what<br />
and how teachers learn. In this session we will look at teacher education<br />
from a constructivist viewpoint. We will put together a pedagogical<br />
template for a workshop and you will leave with a list of practical points<br />
which will help you to put together and facilitate quality learning<br />
opportunities for teachers.<br />
Debbie Candy is a freelance materials writer, editor consultant and<br />
trainer. She is currently working with the British Council team producing a<br />
contextualised version of the CiPELT for India.<br />
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