Opportunities and Challenges for Exploratory Practice in the Classroom

This chapter draws together the key themes from the case studies, and relates these to the challenges of CPD for language teachers. The seven accounts in Part II, one documenting the process of the CPD project and six documenting the experiences of EP by the participating teachers provide many messages, some reflecting positions in CPD and findings of other research studies, others illustrating the unique contribution EP can make. Together, they underline the capacity of EP to transform classrooms through enhancing the knowledge, skills and sense of confidence of the participating teachers.