A Lesson in Flexibility and Sensitivity: Teaching Haitian Teachers’ Trainers how to Prepare and Produce Instructional Materials

Abstract

This article describes an ongoing project of in‐service training of teachers working in an Haitian Ecole Normale. The article consists of four parts. Part 1 provides a brief review of literature dealing with the definition of in‐service training and its value for both new and experienced teachers and examines in‐service training in the context of a developing country. Part 2 presents a description of the ongoing project of in‐service training in Haiti in which a team of five faculty members from the University of Quebec in Hull is involved. Part 3 relates the author's experience as a participant in the project, teaching a course dealing with the development of instructional materials, and part 4 offers the author's thoughts and reflections about what can be learned from such an experience by all those involved, and attempts to assess the value of such an involvement.