by Tyson Seburn The highlights of our TDSIG PCE day for me were inspired by its overarching theme from the morning talks which fueled much of the afternoon Open Space sessions: the development that can derive from problematisation. Why? How? Yes, those are the...
by Anthony Gaughan One challenge that arose from the open space conversations was how to encourage teachers to engage in CPD, and especially the recording of this development for governmental purposes, when there are no obvious financial motivations for doing...
Riin Kont-Kontson TTK University of Applied Sciences My initial teacher training prepared me for….sorry my mind went blank trying to finish this sentence. To be honest, everything I have learned has come from my practice as a university lecturer- there I have...
by Tyson Seburn Anthony Gaughan wonders how often we are applauded as though our teaching is perfect. Regarding the context of his teacher training experience in Germany, he notes how much his practice had become a finely tuned machine. In this apparent perfection,...
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....
