This paper studies a College English curriculum innovation in the College English program at a Northern Chinese institution, called the Rolling Project. The efforts of this curriculum change met with great difficulty and were terminated after two years of implementation. Through the interviews with the instructors and an administrator involved in the Rolling Project, the author reports the problems that set back this innovation. Drawing from those problems, the author highlights three factors that are important for the implementation of educational change: vision-building, collegiality, and implementation as a learning process.
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CURRICULUM INNOVATION: THE COMPLEXITY FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION THE COLLEGE ENGLISH TEACHING AND THE ROLLING PROJECT The College English Program at Chinese Tertiary Institutions The College English Teaching at the North Institution The Planning and the Implementation of the Rolling Project INTERVIEW AND FINDINGS The Perceived Vision of the Rolling Project by the Faculty Members The General Low Enthusiasm about the Rolling Project Lack of Internal Orientation and External Support from the Institution DISCUSSION The Instructors’ Reality in Vision Building Collegiality for Professional Growth Implementation as a Learning Process CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THE AUTHOR REFERENCES
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Han Han [ Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada ]
The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals:
1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context.
2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching.
3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia.
4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context.
5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.