Failing Forward: Educative Curriculum Materials, an English Teaching App, and a Revolution

Autor/inn/en	Darragh, Janine J.; Petrie, Gina Mikel; Pichinevskiy, Stan
Titel	Failing Forward: Educative Curriculum Materials, an English Teaching App, and a Revolution
Quelle	In: International Journal of Designs for Learning, 12 (2021) 2, S.137-148 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2159-449X
Schlagwörter	Computer Software; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Faculty Development; Language Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Rural Schools; Educational Change; Undergraduate Students; Computer Science Education; College School Cooperation; Instructional Materials; Alignment (Education); Material Development; Computer Assisted Instruction; Learning Activities; Nicaragua + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Bildungsreform; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Lehrmaterialentwicklung; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Lernaktivität
Abstract	Educative Curriculum Materials (ECMs) are teaching materials that have the dual function of providing learning activities to students and providing professional development to the teachers that use them. Answering a call for professional development opportunities, and with input from English teachers in rural Nicaraguan schools, the designers created a set of ECMs aligned with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education Curriculum. When physically bringing the completed materials to educators in rural Nicaraguan schools became impossible, it was determined that the delivery system had to change. With support from a team of undergraduate computer science students, the ECMs were transferred to a digital delivery system, the new format allowing for even more English teaching and learning support. This paper shares how a revolution in Nicaragua and failed project ultimately led to the creation of the English teaching app Reaching for English. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01