Review of Plonsky (2020): Professional development in applied linguistics: A guide to success for graduate students and early career faculty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey M. Derwing
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Early Career Faculty

scholarly journals Early-career faculty practice learner-centered teaching up to 9 years after postdoctoral professional development

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (25) ◽  
pp. eaba2091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan C. Emery ◽  
Jessica Middlemis Maher ◽  
Diane Ebert-May
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Career Transition ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Early Career Faculty ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Over Time

The goal of STEM professional development for teaching is that participants continue to practice what they learn in the long term. However, we do not know if the outcomes are achieved and ultimately persist. We tracked postdoctoral participants from the Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching (FIRST) IV program into their current positions as early-career biology faculty. We assessed their teaching approaches, practices, and student perceptions of the learning environment over 6 to 9 years after finishing the program. Simultaneously, we evaluated paired faculty in the same departments. We found that professional development outcomes persisted over time and across a career transition. FIRST IV faculty maintained their learner-centered practices and were more learner-centered than their peers. Last, we found that teaching approaches were correlated with teaching practices in all faculty participants. These results provide evidence for the success of the FIRST IV program and the long-term persistence of professional development outcomes.

scholarly journals Looking Back, Looking Ahead: An Interview with Professor ZhaoHong Han

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Kim ◽  
Wai Man Adrienne Lew ◽  
Haimei Sun
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Original Research Article ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Founding Editor ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Looking Back

On April 8, 2021, we had the great pleasure of speaking over Zoom with Professor ZhaoHong Han, the founding editor of SALT, which was originally called Working Papers in TESOL and Applied Linguistics. In celebration of the journal’s 20thanniversary, we discussed the motivation and vision behind establishing a web journal, future directions, essential qualities of an outstanding original research article, and advice for early career scholars and graduate students who are starting out to get their work published in journals.

Publishing for Graduate Students and the Early Career Scholar

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Zarate ◽  
Richard Lee ◽  
Fred Leong ◽  
Melanie Domenech-Rodriguez ◽  
Kevin Cokley
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Early Career
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