Unconsciously, we teach who we are.

During my first session as a teacher educator I always ask my students to think back to a really good teacher from the time they themselves were pupils or students. Then, I ask them to name an essential characteristic of this ideal teacher. Usually, the majority of my...

IATEFL LTSIG & TDSIG Joint Event, Istanbul, Turkey 26-27 May 2012

 “Teacher Development With or Without Technology?” Why Teacher Development? This is an age of lifelong learning, of ‘perpetual beta’, of learning ‘anywhere, any place, any time’. Teacher development is necessary, arguably more now than it ever was. We...