Category Archives: Teacher Development
Congratulations to the speakers at CETA 2023
This 8th Cambridge Teaching Awards (CETA) Symposium was held at ITI Istanbul on September 9th and 10th 2023. The CETA Symposium brings together tutors, assessors and moderators from centres worldwide to provide an opportunity to share experiences of delivering the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambridge English, Cambridge Teaching Awards, CELTA, CETA, CETA 2023, CETA Istanbul, CETA ITI, DELTA, ITI, ITI Istanbul, TKT, Tom Godfrey
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Performative Teaching: Facilitation Skills Masterclass
15 hours of workshopsDate: Saturday 29th July and Sunday 30th July 2023 REGISTER HERE The weekend masterclass develops facilitation skills and is aimed at anyone who is involved in training, development and educating others. Facilitation skills are vital in any event … Continue reading
Collaborative Research
It hs been great working on collaborative research into Teacher Education in Turkey with the members of ELTER. We have just had yet anpther article published although I must confess my contribution was modest. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1hDm8,Gtqv-pv0 If you are interested in … Continue reading
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Teacher Education is on the wrong track
As an ELT teacher and teacher educator, I have seen firsthand the limitations of traditional teacher training practice. Too often, teacher training programs focus on developing teaching competencies, such as procedures, routines, and lesson planning, at the expense of activities … Continue reading
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Tagged ELT, Teacher Development, Teacher education, Teacher Training, Tom Godfrey
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Community Forums: Participatory Approaches to Professional Development
Find the solutions to your problems with the support of a community of teachers. The workshops will be Saturday 9.30 – 12.30; 13.30 – 16.30 and + Forum Theatre presentation to an invited audience at 17.30 – 20.30. These series … Continue reading
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Tagged Teacher Development, Tom Godfrey, whole person learning
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Developing Facilitation Skills
Join presenter, Tom Godfrey, on Saturday 1 April at 15.00 UK time as he demonstrates how to develop drama facilitation skills in ELT. In the webinar, Tom will suggest that teaching needs to be conceived more as a performative art requiring … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Forums, drama, ELT, Facilitation skills, Performative skills
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Performative Teaching: An Embodied Approach to Teacher Development
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How do teachers develop?
As a teacher trainer this is a question that preoccupies me on a daily basis. Moreover I am not alone in this enquiry, indeed a major area of research has been to examine the impact of training on a teacher’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Teacher Development, Teacher education, Teacher Training
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Teaching Artistry 