TDSIG Blog
Making a difference
Schools are never neutral sites or free spaces. They are always shaped by the political structures around them. Freire (1996) felt that education could create a world of possibilities for students. We need to cultivate young people’s knowledge of where to begin to...
The Fair List award
TDSIG received The Fair List award for last year's Brighton event. The Fair List is an annual award that celebrates excellence of gender balance at ELT events in the UK. Check out their website: http://thefairlist.org/ Here you see a photo of Anthony and Mojca from...
Finding your own voice
By the time you enter teacher education, you have spent approximately 13,000 hours observing teachers. The fact that you are overfamiliar with the teaching profession doesn't mean that you will easily find your own voice as a beginning teacher. We all know what it...
IATEFL Liverpool
Tuesday 9th April; TD SIG day programme; Room 11b; Please find enclosed our programme. We hope you will come to our workshops and give us some feedback on the day by means of this blog. Thanks very much for your comments. 10.50 Colin MacKenzie: 59 seconds to...
Brighton 2012 ‘Developing Teachers in Developing Schools’
I have just arrived home from our joint event with LAMSIG on ‘Developing Teachers in Developing Schools’ in Brighton which was a great success. The event brought together ELT teachers and management to discuss themes such as: ‘CPD Going forward with your teachers’ and...
Sustainable learning
In a workshop TDSIG organises in November, I will discuss how professionals learn in their workplace, especially during the early stages of their career. You are probably given objectives or competencies but the real assessment will be whether your performance meets...
Find the actor in you: An interview with Peter Dyer
Read Barbara’s complete interview with Peter Dyer, facilitator for our SIG day at the Glasgow IATEFL conference.
The law of two feet: a reflection on the Istanbul conference
Duncan Foord, Events coordinator for the TDSIG, with a personal take on the recent TDSIG/ LTSIG joint conference in Istanbul.
Watch IATEFL BESIG symposium live online
This Saturday 16 June, the IATEFL BESIG 2012 Summer Symposium is taking place in Paris, France. As in previous years, a selection of the talks will be broadcast live on the internet. The BESIG website provides a page with more information on the symposium. The...