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Learner Development

The Learner Development SIG is a network of around 170 members worldwide. Our members have a deep interest in developing and researching practices that support autonomous learning and teaching. We share a commitment to exploring connections between:

  • our experiences as learners & our practices as teachers
  • learners’ experiences inside & outside the classroom.

We offer chances to get connected with other teachers, students and researchers through:

  • our twice-a-year newsletter Learning Learning
  • an email announcements list and other online resources
  • local area get-togethers in different parts of Japan
  • a forum (and great party!) at the annual JALT conference
  • our once-a-year journal The Learner Development Journal
  • links with similar groups in other parts of the world.

Our research-based publications include Autonomy You Ask! (2003), More Autonomy You Ask! (2006), Realizing Autonomy (2011), Learner Development: Different Cases, Different Interests (2014), and Collaborative Learning in Learner Development (2014). We also provide a variety of grants to help educators without institutional support to attend the JALT CALL conference, PanSIG, and annual JALT international conference, conduct research, and carry out projects.

学習者ディベロプメント研究部会は、オートノミーの ある学習と教授を支援することを目的とした実践をさらに発展させ、研究することに関心のある者約170名が、世界中から集まって組織する研究部会です。次の点における関連性の探求に尽力します。

  • 学習者としての経験と教師としての実践
  • 学習者としての教室内外での経験

次を利用して、教師、学生、研究者間のネットワークを広げます。

SIGの研究を基にした出版物として、Autonomy You Ask! (2003)、More Autonomy You Ask! (2006)、 Realizing Autonomy (2011)、Learner Development: Different Cases, Different Interests (2014) 、Collaborative Learning in Learner Development (2014) があります。また、他の組織から研究助成を受けていない教育関係者へは、JALT CALL学会・PanSIG・JALT国際学会への出席や、研究、プロジェクトを支援する様々な助成金制度もあります。

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Group Events

December 22, 2024 CCLT8: 12:00-17:00
March 24, 2024, April 21, 2024, June 9, 2024, July 21, 2024, September 15, 2024 Online Get-together : 14:30-17:00
March 24, 2024, April 21, 2024, June 9, 2024, July 21, 2024, September 15, 2024 Online Get-together : 14:30-17:00
March 24, 2024, April 21, 2024, June 9, 2024, July 21, 2024, September 15, 2024 Online Get-together : 14:30-17:00
March 24, 2024, April 21, 2024, June 9, 2024, July 21, 2024, September 15, 2024 Online Get-together : 14:30-17:00
March 24, 2024, April 21, 2024, June 9, 2024, July 21, 2024, September 15, 2024 Online Get-together : 14:30-17:00
October 21, 2023, October 22, 2023 LD SIG 30th Anniversary Conference: Learning for Change and Action, Making a Difference for the Future
October 21, 2023, October 22, 2023 LD SIG 30th Anniversary Conference: Learning for Change and Action, Making a Difference for the Future
February 26, 2023 LD SIG Online Get-together 14:30-17:00
December 3, 2022 5th CEGLOC Conference (online) Autonomous and Interactive Practices in Language Learning 第5回CEGLOCカンファレンス(オンライン) 語学学習における自律的・双方向的実践

Officers

James Underwood - President
Patrick Kiernan - Treasurer
Andrew Barfield - Membership Chair
Blair Barr - Program Chair
Michael Kuziw - Publications Chair
Robert Moreau - Publicity Chair
Tim Ashwell - Tokyo Get-together Organizer
Dexter Da Silva - Committee Members at large
Huw Davies - Learner Development Journal Steering Group
Ken Ikeda - Tokyo Get-together Organizer
Ken Ikeda - Learning Learning Editorial Team (Editor)
Yuri Imamura - Learner Development Journal Steering Group
Kio Iwai - Grants Team
Masayo Kanno - Grants Team
Robert Moreau - Publicity Team Illustrator
Hugh Nicoll - Learning Learning Editorial Team (Editor)
Hugh Nicoll - Web Maintenance and Development (Main LD SIG Website)
Michael Nix - Committee Members at large
James Thomas - Learning Learning Editor
Satomi Yoshimuta - Grants Team
Andrew Barfield - Learner Development Journal Steering Group