Tag Archives: Tom Godfrey

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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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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Community Forums:Towards a Participatory Methodology for Teacher Professional Development.

Community Forums provide participant-led, solution-oriented, multiple voiced opportunities for reflection and dialogue on critical incidents teachers’ face. Continue reading

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HOW TO SET UP A LANGUAGE SCHOOL

Are you thinking about starting a language school? Continue reading

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PERFORMATIVE PEDAGOGY AND TEACHER EDUCATION.

. Performative Pedagogy introduces teachers to a range of techniques to raise awareness of the performative and reveal a fresh landscape of creative embodied expression, enjoyment and gratification. Continue reading

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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

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Performative Teaching: An Embodied Approach to Teacher Development

How can Applied Theatre inform Teacher Development? Continue reading

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Our mission is to increase awareness of excellent teaching skills.

We are making a documentary film series showing the real experiences of following a teacher training course Continue reading

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Creative thinking and drama.

How can we use creative thinking and drama in the language classroom? I am going to describe 6 drama activities that encourage creative thinking and utilise the learners’ imagination. Drama typically takes place in face to face settings as it … Continue reading

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‘WRONG ROOM’ A Virtual Play

There is a lock down. Everyone is at home and communicate online but what happens when there is a glitch in the zoom room and suddenly you find yoursef in a room of strangers! Continue reading

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