Reenvisioning Teacher Professional Development for English Teachers in Thailand

• In Event: Roundtable Session 11
  In Roundtable Session: Examining Equity by Assessing the Efficacy of the Preparation of Culturally Responsive Teachers

Abstract

With the growth of English as a lingua franca throughout the Southeast Asia, improving professional development for English teachers is at the top of the agenda for many nations, including Thailand, the topic of this manuscript. As with many other Southeast Asian nations, Thailand looks to the U.S. for TPD models, but its unique political and cultural landscape makes simply replicating what works in the U.S. untenable. It is thus incumbent on U.S. educators to increase awareness of global TPD contexts like Thailand to ensure high-quality PD across the world. This manuscript documents a large-scale TPD for Thai English teachers in order to form the groundwork for a theory to inform adapting U.S.-based PD practices to English teachers in Asia.

Author

• Lottie L. Baker