Marc Alfred Waterfield

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Marc Alfred Waterfield

Canada

Field

English as a Foreign Language, Teacher Development

Degree

MA TESOL (Kumamoto University), PhD Applied Linguistics (Kumamoto University)

Message to Applicants

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
-Charles R. Swindoll

There are no limits on our potential but those which we place on ourselves. Let’s commit to striving for improvement. No limits, only potential!

Research Topics
  • Professional Teacher Development Strategies and Approaches
  • Pedagogy
  • Language Teaching Methods and Theories
  • Cross-Cultural Communication
  • Karate-do as a Method for Health
  • Wellness and Lifelong Learning
Research Achievements

Publications

  • A Case Study of an Independent Professional Development Project in a Japanese Private Secondary School (2019)
  • Teacher Development Through Mentorship (2018)
  • Finding a Place for Karate-do in Mainstream Education (2015)
  • Revitalizing Lesson Study in Japanese High Schools through Redefining the Process (2014)
  • Using Action Research in the Oral Communications Classroom (2011)

Presentations

  • Guest Lecture Muroran ITU International Seminar at Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan (2019)
  • Teachers Working Collaboratively to Affect Positive Change in the Classroom: A Case Study of Four Japanese Teachers of English at IAFOR Asian Conference on Education, Tokyo, Japan (2018)
  • Using Action Research to Revise a Course Syllabus According to Students’ Needs in a Japanese Senior High School English Communications Course at Sojo University Teaching and Learning Forum (NanKyu JALT) Kumamoto, Japan (2016)
  • Kumamoto Prefectural Private School English Teachers’ Teacher Development Seminar, Workshop, & Pannell Discussion at Kumamoto Private School English Teachers Association, Kumamoto, Japan (2016) 
  • Finding a Place for Karate-do in Mainstream Education at IAFOR Asian Conference on Education, Kobe, Japan (2015) 
  • ACE ACSET 2015 featured presentation Power and Empowerment a Demonstration of Chito-Ryu Karate-do A Social Constructivist Approach Toward Teacher at International Academic Forum Asian Conference on Education Kobe, Japan (2015)
  • Learning: A Case Study Aimed at Revitalizing the Japanese Teacher Development Approach ‘Jugyokenkyu’, Internationally Recognized as Lesson Study at IAFOR Asian Conference on Education, Osaka, Japan (2014) 
  • Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning Through Lesson Study (Jugyokenkyu): A Case Study of a Japanese High School at 11th Asian TEFL International Conference, Manila, Philippines (2013) 
  • Revitalizing Lesson Study in Japanese Senior High Schools through redefining the process: A case study atWorld Association of Lesson Studies International Conference, Singapore (2012) 
  • Using Action Research in the Oral Communications Classroom at IAFOR Conference the Inaugural Asian Conference on Language Learning, Osaka, Japan (2011)
Courses Taught
  • AW3 Introduction to Cultures of English-speaking Countries
  • ENG1 English 1
  • ENG2 English 2
  • RDG2 Reading 2
  • RDG3 Reading 3
  • PBL1 Regional Cultures of Japan 1
  • ST1 Senior Thesis 1
Associations
  • EIKEN Foundation of Japan
  • JALT
  • JALT Teacher Development Special Interest Group
  • International Chito-Ryu Karate-do Federation (ICKF)
  • ALL Japan Karate-do Federation (JKF)
  • Saint Mary’s University Alumni
  • JACET

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