Fostering Reflective Practice through Writing Accountability: An On-site Write-a-thon
Bio: Maria Lisak creates safe environments to encourage learners for risk-taking and growth. Currently at Chosun University in South Korea, she has diplomas and certificates in business, technology, education, and meditation. She is a lifetime member of KOTESOL and AsiaTEFL. Her research interests include funds of knowledge, cosmopolitan literacies, and autoethnography. She has recently completed her EdD with Indiana University. Title : Fostering Reflective Practice through Writing Accountability: An On-site Write-a-thon In this workshop, participants will explore the benefits of writing accountability as a reflective practice in professional development, particularly within the complex and often liminal spaces experienced by EFL teachers in South Korea. Reflective practice, as defined by Thomas Farrell, is "a process in which educators step back from their teaching experience to engage in a critical analysis of their actions." For both foreign and Korean educators, this pr...