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Reflections about Education

Sharing best practices – useful tool to educators.

7 de setembro de 2014
by Beatriz Meneguetti
Sharing experiences may be daunting but there is a whole developmental process in it. Maybe I am talking about the same idea, yet again, but I attended a conference this past week and much was discussed about the need of continuous development for people working in education. This job of ours require us to be...Read More
Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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To post or not to post?

1 de setembro de 2014
by Michele Schwertner
I’ve decided to address a very controversial issue in my blog post. Well, it seems it is not controversial at all for most of the people, but it is something that has puzzled me for a while. This is not going to be a very long post as I do not have any answers to...Read More
Reflections about Education, Technology
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More than content, we want to make connections

20 de agosto de 2014
by Ana Maria Menezes
In these last years, while writing my M.A. thesis, I’ve come to recognize the power of learning through stories. As a narrative researcher, now I understand that by telling our stories we educate not only ourselves, but give others the chance to make meaning of their own stories through ours (Connely and Clandinin, 2000). The...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Reflections about Education
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Revisiting ELT Mantras #6: Reading aloud

14 de agosto de 2014
by Damian Willians
Picture the scene: There I was, a shy 13-year-old boy, dressed in an itchy, ill-fitting school uniform in the middle of a German language class. Our teacher, Mrs. Dawson, a strict woman who ruled the classroom with an iron fist, is going round the class calling out people to read chunks of a text out...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Reflections about Education, Skills, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development
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Are teachers responsible for students’ motivation?

4 de agosto de 2014
by Anderson Maia
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure” said Bill Cosby when inquired about his successful career as a comedian, actor, author, television producer and musician. From weight loss programs to competitive jobs in multinational corporations, the desire for success is a predominant characteristic of human behavior....Read More
Reflections about Education
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What is ‘meaningful learning’?

31 de julho de 2014
by Carol Lethaby
Hello again! Many years ago I took a class in educational psychology and came across this quote from the cognitive psychologist, David Ausubel: “If I had to reduce all of cognitive psychology to one principle it would be this:  the most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows.  Ascertain this and...Read More
Language Acquisition, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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Re•sil•ience

23 de julho de 2014
by cecilialemos
/riˈzilyəns/ noun: resilience; plural noun: resiliences 1. the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. 2. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.   Some of you may be wondering why I am talking about resilience in a blog post for English teachers, but for some reason I think...Read More
Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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HOW CAN I CREATE AN ONLINE COURSE? Oh oh, that’s not a simple question

22 de julho de 2014
by Ana Maria Menezes
This post was inspired by a question sent to me by a friend, who is a very talented teacher and would like to start an online course. In her message, she mentions not being able to find a good video tutorial which could help her get started and asks my opinion about the best platform....Read More
Educational Technology, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development, Technology
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