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In this chapter we offer an account of a teacher development project supported by the South Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE). In this project, South Korean teachers of English at both primary and secondary schools were paired with mentors and linked using web-based technology. Dialogue on ‘real life, real time’ lessons was then set up between the teacher and the mentor through a website, email and communication by voice, video and instant messaging over the Internet. This particular case within the project shows how the relation-ship between an individual primary school teacher and her UK-based partner was built up and developed over a period of five months. Special features emerging from the analysis of this case include the use of web-based technology to give access to recorded data for intensive study and discussion by partners in the project, and the means by which mentors and mentees were enabled, at a distance, to build a relationship of frankness built on trust. Issues that would be of value to address in a wider teacher development context are also addressed.
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Chang, K., Rixon, S. (2015). Bringing Information and Reflection Together: A Distance Mentoring and Teacher Development Experience in South Korea. In: Wright, T., Beaumont, M. (eds) Experiences of Second Language Teacher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316257_11
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