{"id":30409,"date":"2013-05-29T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T03:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=30409"},"modified":"2013-05-29T23:19:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T03:19:00","slug":"uk-jet-alum-a-finalist-for-pearson-national-teaching-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/29\/uk-jet-alum-a-finalist-for-pearson-national-teaching-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UK JET alum a finalist for Pearson National Teaching award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/CrispinChambers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-30410\" alt=\"CrispinChambers\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/CrispinChambers.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/CrispinChambers.jpg 448w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/CrispinChambers-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a>Via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaa.org.uk\/\">JETAA UK<\/a> website:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetaa.org.uk\/news-articles\/ex-jet-wins-teaching-award\/\"><strong>Ex-JET Wins Teaching Award<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An ex-JET, <strong>Crispin Chambers (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753537&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Hyogo<\/a>-ken, Awaji-shima)<\/strong>, who now teaches Japanese at Tavistock College in Devon has won a teaching award for the South West of England. He is now a finalist for the Pearson National Teaching awards 2013. This is the first time a teacher of Japanese, and an ex-JET has been nominated, and JETAA would like to extend our warmest congratulations!!<\/p>\n<p>Crispin was originally a JET on Awaji Island for 2 years and then became JET programme co-ordinator for a year at CLAIR in Tokyo. After returning to the UK, Crispin gained an MA in Japanese at Sheffield University followed by a PGCE at Nottingham University. He has been teaching Japanese and French at Tavistock since 1996, and has trained several other teachers of Japanese. His lessons are inspiring and fun, and were described by the Teaching Awards judges as &#8220;a joy to watch&#8221;. You can see his entry and leave him a message\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingawards.com\/winners\/2013\/South%20West\/81910\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about Crispin\u2019s fantastic Japanese lessons on a case study of the school written by the Japan Foundation in 2011.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpf.org.uk\/language\/casestudies.php\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpf.org.uk\/download\/Tavistockcasestudy.pdf\">here<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0to read it.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently two former Tavistock College students on the JET Programme in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755134&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\"><strong>Saga<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755101&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\"><strong>Sendai<\/strong><\/a>, so Crispin has gone on to inspire the next generation of JETs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via the JETAA UK website: Ex-JET Wins Teaching Award An ex-JET, Crispin Chambers (Hyogo-ken, Awaji-shima), who now teaches Japanese at Tavistock College in Devon has won a teaching award for the South West of England. He is now a finalist for the Pearson National Teaching awards 2013. 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