Nick Andon
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Nick Andon is a British teacher educator and applied linguist associated with King's College London. His career has moved through classroom teaching, teacher education, materials work, and research on the relationship between theory, teacher belief, and actual classroom practice.
From 1981 to 1993 Dr Andon taught English as a foreign language in Senegal, Indonesia, London and Oman. From 1993 to 1999 he worked in the School of English Language Education at Thames Valley University, where, among other things, he was involved in teaching English for academic purposes, writing distance learning materials, initial teacher education (Cambridge/RSA CELTA), and teacher development projects.
He joined King’s in 1999. Dr Andon has worked on a number of teacher education and materials development projects in Gabon, Bolivia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Mexico, Argentina and Algeria.
Career
- Taught English across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the UK before moving fully into higher education
- Worked extensively in initial teacher education, EAP, distance materials, and teacher development
- Joined King's College London in 1999 and built a profile in teacher cognition and pedagogy
- Combined strong practical experience with research on how teachers actually interpret methodological ideas
Research
- PhD work on the relationship between SLA theory, research, and teachers' beliefs and practices
- Research interests include TBLT, teacher development, expertise, materials, learner autonomy, and focus on form
- Supervision interests include methodology, curriculum, policy, teacher identity, and learner strategies
Influence
- Important influence in teacher education circles where the gap between theory and practice is treated as a research problem rather than a slogan
- Helps keep TBLT and related pedagogies grounded in teacher belief, institutional constraint, and classroom reality
- Especially valuable as a figure who studies why good ideas travel badly