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On practicing what you preach

1 de maio de 2019
by Sergio Pantoja
“You should write as often as possible” – that’s what I keep telling my students. Currently, 99% of my students are intrepid English teachers either preparing for the Cambridge English: Advanced or the Cambridge English: Proficiency, which means that their writing skills will be assessed via two writing tasks. Needless to say, it is my duty...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education, Skills, Teacher Development
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Courage and education: perspectives in the era of turmoil

30 de abril de 2019
by Marcela Cintra
The educational field has been suffering attacks from all parts of society, in Brazil and around the world – differences do apply. This post is a reflection about the courage needed to make significant changes to the current scenario – that of turmoil where teachers, parents, students, the society seem to be taking to each...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education
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The best bilingual we can be – Part 1

27 de abril de 2019
by Carlos Henrique Trindade
It often strikes me when there is a very emotional talk about bilingual education here in Brazil and we tend to criticise what we have been doing here compared to what is being done elsewhere in the world. My opinion is clear: adopting an international bilingual education model “as is” here in Brazil is not...Read More
Bilingual Education, Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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The PDCA Continuous Improvement Cycle

6 de abril de 2019
by Eduardo Trindade
Have you ever heard of a continuous improvement cycle called the PDCA cycle? I am sure most of you who have already studied a little bit of business management have certainly come across this acronym before. But for those of you who haven’t studied any business theories, PDCA is an acronym that stands for Plan-Do-Check-Act....Read More
Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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Collaboration in the classroom: whose responsibility?

30 de março de 2019
by Marcela Cintra
One of the current buzz words in education is collaboration. From kindergarten to doctorate learners, many teachers claim to develop collaboration with their groups. I have recently discussed the matter with a group of teachers working in different contexts (language institutes, primary school, undergraduate courses) and the understanding of the concept of collaboration seems blurred at...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education
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Educators: Be the Agent of Your Professional Development

28 de março de 2019
by Carla Arena
Dear educator, You may think that your institution owe you something, like offering you proper professional development opportunities, but this is rarely the case. In fact, educational institutions have so much in their plates that they can barely scratch the surface of designing consistent, powerful PD development programs for their Academic and Admin staff. Considering...Read More
Career, Teacher Development
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CPD and courses: who, what, when and how much

2 de março de 2019
by elainehodgson
We hear about CPD, the acronym for Continuous Professional Development, all the time. Although CPD is not only about taking courses, they are certainly a prototypical concept and the number of courses aimed at teachers has been increasing steadily, or at least this is the impression I have. When it comes to courses, one of...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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