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What can a human teacher do that AI can’t?
Part 3 Can Performative Skills Be Developed? If performative skills matter, the next question is obvious: how can they be developed? This is particularly important because discussions of presence, charisma, rapport or creativity can easily become unhelpful. They can make … Continue reading
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What Can Human Teachers Do That AI Cannot?
Part 2: Understanding Performative Skills in Education If we want to defend the importance of the human teacher, it is not enough to say that teaching is “human”, “relational” or “creative”. These words matter, but they can also remain vague. … Continue reading
Online Course for Experienced English Teachers
What does the ITI Train the Trainer course involve? It is an eight-week, part-time online course for experienced English language teachers who want to begin supporting the development of other teachers. Participants: • complete practical weekly tasks;• attend two live … Continue reading
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Does your classroom need a Dragon?
Wake Up the Room, Wake Up Your Voice: Breathing Activities for Teachers Teaching needs energy. Energy comes through breathing. There are moments when a class needs lifting: the point after lunch, the final hour of the day, a difficult transition … Continue reading
Breathing Techniques for Teachers: Enhance Your Teaching Presence
Teaching Artistry Tip: Breathe to better teaching Everything starts with a breath. When you enter a classroom breathless, tense or rushed, that appears in your voice. You may speak too quickly, over-explain, raise your volume unnecessarily, or sound less available … Continue reading
Will AI replace human teachers?
What AI Can Replace: The Human Encounter at the Heart of Teaching One of the buzz questions in education today is whether generative AI will replace human teachers. For me, the answer is obvious. AI will transform teaching. It will … Continue reading
What Are Performative Skills — and Why Do Teachers Need Them?
Performative skills are essential in teaching, enabling educators to influence how learning is experienced in real time. These skills encompass voice, gesture, timing, and response, significantly affecting students’ feelings of safety and engagement. Teachers need meta-performative awareness to understand the implications of their actions, fostering a supportive learning environment. Continue reading
Teaching Is Taking People on Journeys: A simple storytelling exercise that reminds teachers what learning really feels like.
The 10-Minute Exercise That Turns Strangers into Storytellers In my Teaching Artistry workshops, I sometimes say something unusual to the group: “Find a partner.You’re about to take them on a journey.” There are no slides.No handouts.No theory. Just imagination. Within … Continue reading
The Importance of First Impressions in Facilitation
The First Five Minutes Matter More Than You Think The first five minutes of a lesson, workshop, or course often do more pedagogical work than the next fifty. Before learners engage with content or objectives, they encounter something more immediate: … Continue reading
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Warmers and Ice Breakers
A mingling activity like ‘find someone who’ is an example of an effective warmer activity. And basically there are three stages. There’s the setting up stage where the instructions need to be clear. And you notice that the facilitator was … Continue reading
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