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49th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition
November 24 – 27, 2023 โข Tsukuba International Congress Center (Epochal Tsukuba), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
JALT2023 Conference Chair Takaaki Hiratsuka and JALT Director of Conference Wayne Malcolm discuss the JALT2023 International Conference on the JALT YouTube channel.
This year we are forgoing providing an official conference bag at the onsite registration. JALT is always trying to find ways to lower our carbon footprint so we are shifting to print-on-demand bags available on our online shop. The site also has various items promoting JALT and JALT2023; Come to the conference in your favorite JALT swag!! Please note that printing and delivery could take a few weeks (depending on the item). Alternatively, this is a great chance to reuse one of your bags from a previous conference.
Growth Mindset in Language Education
Never in our history does it seem more urgent than now to cultivate and harness critical-thinking skills in order to grapple with contemporary challenges. Accelerated by globalization, unprecedented technological developments, impactful demographic changes, great ecological disasters, and unique geopolitical trends have brought about tremendous disruption to our livesโthe recent COVID-19 outbreak is an extreme case in point. We are currently living in a world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) (Mack et al., 2016). Against the backdrop of this ever-changing VUCA environment, all of us (e.g., students, teachers, researchers, administrators, and policy makers) must be able to reorient and recreate ourselves, as well as language education, so that our day-to-day practice and research can cater to language teaching and learning in the new times.
A growth mindset, proposed by Professor Carol Dweck at Stanford University in her book Mindset (2006), describes individuals who regard that their inherent abilities and aptitudes can be enhanced over time by means of hard work, well thought-out strategies, and input from others. Those with a growth mindset thus strive to achieve what they want by investing plenteous time, motivation, and attention into improvement. They deem that their intelligence and skills can be refined with dedication and persistenceโby seeking out inspiration in othersโ success. The opposite of a growth mindset is a fixed mindset. While those with a growth mindset ascribe success and failure to the extent of work one puts in, those with a fixed mindset attribute them to the level of ability one innately possesses. Dweck put it aptly:
When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits) success is about proving youโre smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other (the world of changing qualities) itโs about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself. (p. 15)
People with a growth mindset welcome obstacles, rather than shun them, embrace oneโs strengths, rather than weaknesses, and focus on the processes, rather than results. It is my hope that the 2023 JALT conference will become a platform for all of us to reflect on the past, examine the present, and envision the futureโdeveloping and exploring, with a growth mindset, as important stakeholders in language education. A growth mindset allows us to acquire a more sophisticated understanding about who we can be and what we can do, thereby guiding us to consider making changes and taking steps for the better future.
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็พไปฃใฎ่ชฒ้กใซๅใ็ตใใใใซใๆนๅค็ๆ่ๅใ้ค็ใใๆดป็จใใใใจใๆญดๅฒไธใใใปใฉๅฟ ่ฆใจใใใๆไปฃใฏใใใพใใใใฐใญใผใใซๅใฎๅ ้ใซใใฃใฆๅผใ่ตทใใใใๆชๆพๆใฎๆ่ก็บๅฑใไบบๅฃๅๆ ใฎๅ็ๅคๅใ็ๆ ๅญฆ็ๅคง็ฝๅฎณใ็น็ฐใชๅฐๆฟๅญฆ็ๅๅใฏๆใ ใฎ็ๆดปใซๅคๅคงใชๆททไนฑใใใใใใพใใ๏ผๆ่ฟใฎCOVID-19ใฎๆต่กใฏใใฎๆฅต็ซฏใชไพใจ่จใใใงใใใ๏ผใ็งใใกใฏ็พๅจใๅคๅๆงใไธ็ขบๅฎๆงใ่ค้ๆงใๆๆงๆง๏ผVUCA๏ผใๅใๅทปใไธ็ใซ็ใใฆใใพใ๏ผMack et al.ใ2016๏ผใใใฎๅคๅใ็ถใใVUCA็ฐๅขใ่ๆฏใซใ็งใใกๅ จๅก๏ผๅญฆ็ใๆๅธซใ็ ็ฉถ่ ใ่กๆฟๅฎใๆฟ็ญ็ซๆก่ ใชใฉ๏ผใฏใๆฅใ ใฎๅฎ่ทตใ็ ็ฉถใๆฐใใๆไปฃใฎ่จ่ชๆ่ฒใปๅญฆ็ฟใซๅฏพๅฟใงใใใใใๅญฆๅใจใใฆใฎ่จ่ชๆ่ฒ้ ๅใ ใใงใฏใชใใ่ชๅ่ช่บซใฎใใๆนใ่ฆ็ดใใชใใๅ่ชฟๆดใปๅๆง็ฏใใๅฟ ่ฆใใใใพใใ
ในใฟใณใใฉใผใๅคงๅญฆใฎใญใฃใญใซใปใใฆใงใใฏๆๆใ่ๆธใใใคใณใใปใใใ๏ผ2006ๅนด๏ผใงๆๅฑใใใๆ้ทใใคใณใใปใใใใจใฏใ่ชๅใฎๆใฃใฆใใ่ฝๅใ้ฉๆงใฏใๅชๅใใใ่ใใใใๆฆ็ฅใใใใฆไปไบบใใใฎๆ ๅ ฑใซใใฃใฆๆ้ใใใใฆ้ซใใใใจใใงใใใใจใใฃใๆฆๅฟตใๆใใพใใใใฎๆ้ทๅๆ่ใๆใคไบบใ ใฏใ่ฑๅฏใชๆ้ใใขใใใผใทใงใณใๆณจๆใๆนๅใซๅใใใใจใงใ่ชๅใฎๆใใใจใ้ๆใใใใจๅชๅใใพใใใคใพใใใใใฎไบบใ ใฏใ่ชๅใฎ็ฅๆงใในใญใซใฏใไปไบบใฎๆๅใใใคใณในใใฌใผใทใงใณใๅพใใใจใซใใฃใฆใ็ฎ่บซ็ใใคๆ็ถ็ใซ็ฃจใใใใใใใจใใงใใใจใใ่ใใใใฃใฆใใใฎใงใใๆ้ทใใคใณใใปใใใฎๅๅฏพใฏใๅบๅฎใใคใณใใปใใใงใใๆ้ทๆ่ใๆใคไบบใฏใๆๅใๅคฑๆใฏๅชๅใฎ็จๅบฆใซ่ตทๅ ใใใจ่ใใๅบๅฎๆ่ใๆใคไบบใฏใๆๅใๅคฑๆใ็ใพใใคใใฎ่ฝๅใฎ้ซใใซใใใจ่ใใพใใใใฆใงใใฏๆๆใฏไปฅไธใฎใใใซ่ซใใฆใใพใใ
ไธๅฎใฎใใคใณใใปใใใๆใคใใจใฏใๆฐใใชไธ็ใไฝ้จใใใใจใๆๅณใใพใใใใไธ็๏ผๅบๅฎๅใฎไธ็๏ผใงใฏใๆๅใฏ่ชๅใ่ณขใใใจใๆ่ฝใใใใใจใ่จผๆใใใใจใซใใใฃใฆใใพใใใคใพใ่ชๅ่ช่บซใๆญฃๅฝๅใใใใจใ็ฌฌไธใชใฎใงใใใใไธๆนใฎไธ็๏ผๆ้ทๅใฎไธ็๏ผใงใฏใๆๅใฏๆฐใใใใจใๅญฆใถใใใซ่ชๅใไผธใฐใใใจใซใใใฃใฆใใพใใใคใพใ่ชๅใๆ้ทใใใใใจใๆใ้่ฆใชใฎใงใใ(p. 15)
ๆ้ทใใคใณใใปใใใๆใคไบบใ ใฏใ้ๅฎณใๆฌ้ ใใใฎใงใฏใชใๆญ่ฟใใๅผฑใฟใงใฏใชใๅผทใฟใซ็ฆ็นใๅฝใฆใ็ตๆใงใฏใชใ้็จใๆณจ่ฆใใพใใ2023ๅนดใฎJALTๅคงไผใใ่จ่ชๆ่ฒใซๆบใใ็งใใกๅ จๅกใซใจใฃใฆ้ๅปใๆฏใ่ฟใใ็พๅจใๆค่จผใใๆชๆฅใๆใใใใฎใใฉใใใใฉใผใ ใจใชใใๆ้ทใใคใณใใปใใใฎไธใ็บๅฑใปๆขๆฑใๅนใๆ ็นใจใชใใใจใ้กใฃใฆใใพใใๆ้ทใใคใณใใปใใใฏใ็งใใกใใฉใฎใใใซ้ฒๅใใใฉใฎใใใชๅฏ่ฝๆงใใใใใใใจใใงใใใฎใใ็่งฃใใใใจใๅฉ้ทใใใใ่ฏใๆชๆฅใธใฎๅคๅใจๆ้ใไธใใฆใใใใฎใงใใ
Conference Chair
