Kalyan Chattopadhyay

Featured Session
International Conference 2017

Analogue Teacher Training for the Digital Teacher: What the Teachers Say and Do

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Academic institutions are increasingly looking for teachers who can support learning with digital resources and tools. There is also increasing pressure on academics to be “digitally fit”; that is, to acquire skills and competencies to teach digitally, direct their professional development, and follow digital frameworks. So they are looking for professional development opportunities to “stay fit” to teach effectively with technology. However, a review of both in-service and pre-service teacher training programs in different contexts reveals that the focus is still on “analogue” (i.e., face-to-face print-based) teacher training with a negligible amount of content focusing on technology-enhanced language learning and teaching.

I am going to focus on what teachers think about these training programs, what they do after receiving such training, and how they want to enhance their digital literacies and learn to teach digitally. Thus, I will critique the entire trajectory of teacher training, which is expected to prepare “digitally fit” teachers, and conclude with some recommendations for teacher training in the digital era.

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Biographical Sketch

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Kalyan Chattopadhyay is a committee member of IATEFL’s Teacher Training and Education SIG, and is vice president of AsiaCALL. He is an assistant professor and the Director of the English Language Centre at Bankim Sardar College, University of Calcutta. Kalyan has been involved in English language teaching for over 20 years, working as a lecturer, teacher trainer, researcher, and consultant in a range of national international contexts. He has given plenary and invited talks in Cambodia, China, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the UK, and Vietnam. He authors coursebooks for the Cambridge University Press, and has received an IELTS Research award in 2014 as well as JALT's 2016 Bill Balsamo Asian Scholar Award. A University of Leeds and Hornby Trust alumnus, Prof. Chattopadhyay is the immediate past coordinator of the IATEFL Young Learners & Teenagers SIG. He trains teachers both in the private and state sectors.

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Resources on the Web: Kalyan Chattopadhyay

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KOTESOL TEC Interview with Kalyan Chattopadhyay
(PDF attached at bottom of this page.)

Interview: ELT Using Technology
https://cambridgeindiaeltblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/elt-using-technol...

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Kalyan Chattopadhyay's participation in the Korea TESOLㅡPAC 2017 International Conference is sponsored in part by the IATEFL Teacher Training and Education (TTEd) Special Interest Group (SIG).

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