Improvisation – Where teachers fear to tread

We here at the TDSIG are slowly recovering from a wild and wonderful week in Harrogate at the annual IATEFL conference. So many great sessions, so much food for thought and our own development. For those of you unlucky enough to miss Mojce Belak’s excellent...

IATEFL 2014 Pre-Conference Event

With the year slowly drawing to a close, it’s time to look ahead; and what better to look forward to than the IATEFL 2014 Conference? The conference will be held in Harrogate, UK, and will run from 2-5 April – but the day before the “official”...

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...