Tag Archives: whole person learning
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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Teaching As a Performative Art
Post pandemic it is opportune to consider the importance of the embodied physical presence of learners and teacher in the learning encounter as this raises vital issues as to the nature of teaching and learning. Sir Ken Robinson (2006) in … Continue reading
Performative Teaching: An Embodied Approach to Teacher Development
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Cheating Lale: A Psychological Dilemma.
Using ‘Storydrama’ in ELT. Introduction. This is one of my favourite lesson plans. ‘Cheating Lale is about a young girl who cheats in her University final examinations and the lesson explores learners’ reactions and interpretations of the events and characters that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheating, Cheating Lale, collaborative learning, creativity, discussion, human greed, integrated skills, learner - centred, learner focussed, moral dilemma, oral fluency, oral skills, psychological test, speaking skills, story, story drama, turn-taking, whole person learning
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Let’s RAP Bro. Respect!
A learner-centred lesson. Many teachers claim to follow a learner-centred approach but what does a learner-centred approach actually mean in practice? I hope to show what it means by describing a lesson that contains, in my opinion, 12 key principles … Continue reading
THE NEW WAY
THE NEW WAY: ‘HOLISM’ a paradigm to replace orthodoxy. Humanity is marching off the edge of precipice. Can teachers do anything about it? Are you as frustrated as I am when, attempting to relax in front of the TV … Continue reading
