Innovations in EMI faculty professional development connecting program design, implementation, and impact Meredith Doran, Jacob Rieker, editors

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doran, Meredith, editor.

Rieker, Jacob, editor.

Series:

English language education (Springer (Firm)) ; v. 47.

English language education 2213-6975 volume 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English teachers--In-service training.

English teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland Springer [2026]

Summary:

"This is a book which provides insights into innovative approaches in designing, implementing, and evaluating professional development programs for English-Medium Instruction (EMI) faculty. It offers empirically-grounded solutions to the pressing challenge of supporting faculty who teach disciplinary content through English in non-Anglophone contexts, addressing the current lack of an established paradigm for effective EMI faculty development practices. As EMI expands globally across higher education institutions, faculty face complex linguistic, pedagogical, and disciplinary demands that call for targeted professional support. However, limited research exists exploring specific design and implementation features of faculty development programs and their impact on teaching practices and student outcomes. The volume bridges these crucial gaps by showcasing original empirical studies that demonstrate clear connections across program design choices, implementation strategies, and resulting effects on faculty instructional practices and decision-making. Featuring in-depth case studies from diverse institutional and sociocultural settings in Asia, Europe, and Latin America, the collection offers unique perspectives on how faculty developers have addressed the shared challenge of supporting EMI faculty professional development. The book features diverse methodological approaches - including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies - that foreground multiple aspects of EMI faculty development: collaborative practices within professional development initiatives, innovative approaches to pedagogy integrating language and content support, institutional frameworks for sustainable implementation, and longitudinal analysis of program impact on teaching and learning. The contributing authors expand the conceptual and disciplinary foundations of EMI faculty development research by drawing on their diverse scholarly perspectives from educational psychology, applied linguistics, second language studies, STEM education, and educational policy and leadership, as well as their lived experiences in developing, implementing, and assessing professional development initiatives. The volume aims to provide evidence-based guidance for creating sustainable and effective support for EMI faculty development and contribute to paradigm-building in EMI. It is poised to be essential reading for multiple audiences in global higher education, including EMI researchers, faculty developers, language educators, higher education administrators, and graduate student researchers"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

English-medium instruction faculty professional development : making the case for connecting program design, implementation, and impact / Meredith Doran and Jacob Rieker

Guiding faculty professionalisation in EMI universities : the EMI ProF as an institutional model for sustainable development / Mustafa Akincioglu

Innovating EMI practice : structured mentoring and peer teaching for internationalized higher education / Soraya García-Sánchez and María Esther Rodríguez-Gil

Supporting learning through EMI classroom structuring : insights from a professional development initiative in Taiwan / Shin-Mei Kao, Kuang Yen Liu, Ming-Hung Weng, and Wenli Tsou

Enhancing pedagogical innovations : insights from a SoTL professional development program at a Sino-UK transnational EMI university / Yu Wang, Qingyang Sun, Jiashi Wang, and Guanying Chu

Connecting TESOL and EMI : design, implementation, and impact / Soe Marlar Lwin

Empowering EMI lecturers in an under-resourced context : the role of collaborative learning communities in professional development / Nguyen Van Son, Lam Thi Lan Huong, and Nguyen Thi Hong Anh

A theory-driven framework for English-medium instruction (EMI) faculty learning and program design : insights from professional development in Latin America / Mario Molina-Naar

EMI faculty professional development : EQUiiPIng the trainers / Joyce Kling and Karen M. Lauridsen

Professional development for EMI faculty developers : a collaborative case study of EMI advisor conceptual development / Jacob Rieker, Meredith Doran, Elayna Ah Puck, and Kevin Wang

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed June 11, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Innovations in EMI faculty professional development

ISBN:

9783032118967

3032118964

OCLC:

1594452924

Access Restriction:

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