TDSIG Blog
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...
Reports: Joint TDSIG & LTSIG conference in Istanbul, Turkey
You can now read all about our recent collaboration with the IATEFL LTSIG on the official conference website: http://iatefleventsturkey.com/ There, you'll find reports about all the main presentations and workshops. The LTSIG have also produced several videos, which I...
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 cannot rely...
Find the actor in you!
On the 19th March Peter Dyer was the facilitator for our Teacher Development SIG Day at the Glasgow IATEFL conference, which was very successful. In the next Newsletter you will find an interview I had with him. Here’s a taster: Peter: The acting side of the workshop...