by Higor Cavalcante In our third talk of the day, our facilitator, Higor Cavalcante gave a brilliant, witty talk on deep issues of prejudice and avoidance that we need to address in our field of ELT. He drew on quotes from well-known authors and speakers in the field,...
Fiona Mauchline echoed Mike’s words on teacher training being a deconstruction of teacher, where teachers tend to be spoken at and not spoken with. Mike said “I learnt as much, if not more, from the other participants on my training course as I did from the trainer....
by Divya Madhavan It’s the start of IATEFL 2015! Every SIG holds their Pre-Conference Event today and at the TDSIG, our day is an Open Space, with four facilitators; Anthony Gaughan, Fiona Mauchline, Mike Harrison and Higor Cavalcante, who have travelled from near and...
by Anthony Gaughan I recently started shaving with a straight razor. No, this isn’t going to be a post about how manly I am. It’s going to be about how I decided to make this change, and what this has to do with my becoming mistrustful of innovation as a force for...