Away from deconstructing and towards co-constructing

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....

Opening Day, Open Space

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...

IATEFL TDSIG DAY Profile: Margit Szesztay

In our final post on our SIG Day at IATEFL this year, we’re happy to share the work of Margit Szesztay. Margit is a Hungarian teacher and teacher trainer. At present she is the coordinator of IATEFL’s Global Issues SIG. What she is really passionate about is...

IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Tom Heaven

Our next featured speaker for our SIG Day at IATEFL is Tom Heaven. Tom originally comes from England’s second city, Birmingham, but lives and works in Berlin where he teaches lawyers, art historians and engineers, among many other people, on various courses at...

IATEFL TDSIG Day Profile: Ana Garcia-Stone

The fourth speaker we’d like to introduce to you is Ana Garcia-Stone. Ana works for the British Council in Madrid, Spain. She is an experienced teacher trainer, having trained teachers in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Vietnam and India since 1996. She also teaches...