Jack C Richards' 50 Tips for Teacher Development

Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers

by Jack C. Richards

This book offers 50 practical ideas for teachers to use for professional development. The tips cover a wide range of activities that can be carried out individually or in collaboration with others, including self and peer observation, journal writing, on-line forums, classroom research, action research, team teaching, lesson review, materials review, lesson study, mentoring, peer coaching, reading groups, and workshops. Each tip is described in a 2 two-page format that gives the rational for the activity and step-by-step procedures for implementing it. The Tips can be used with both novice and more experienced teachers and are intended to provide a basis for teachers to review the current state of their professional learning and to develop and implement goals for their professional development.

Genres: Teaching

128 pages, Paperback

Published December 14, 2017

About the author

Jack Croft Richards is an applied linguist from New Zealand, specializing in second and foreign language education, teacher training, and materials design. He has written numerous articles and books. Most of his books and articles are in the field of second language teaching and have been translated into many different languages. He was appointed full professor in the Department of English as a Second Language at the University of Hawaii in 1981.

Reviews

[Marcela Cintra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful and inspiring.

[Jake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical ideas that can be implemented with little background research.

Novices can get a good baseline of inquiry to jumpstart their careers. And burned-out veteran teachers will find these helpful prompts to reinvigorate their practice.

Excellent follow-up references, mostly ELT J.

Unfortunately, a handful of minor typos mar what would've been a 5-star rating.

[Hemylle Oliveira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super practical and highly valuable even if you’re an experienced teacher. Jack provided lots ideas and plenty of food for thought to my teaching and training practice, whilst reminding me of relevant techniques to be explored in class. I’ll probably read it again from time to time. :)

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gotta love Jack C.

[Courtney G · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical and interesting ways to implement professional development.