A teacher’s end-of-year takeaways
The Canadian university academic year–September to April–has come to a close. At this time 2 years ago, this closing inspired a reflection on myself as a teacher… Read More »A teacher’s end-of-year takeaways
These posts largely involve my own reflective teaching in some way, shape or form.
The Canadian university academic year–September to April–has come to a close. At this time 2 years ago, this closing inspired a reflection on myself as a teacher… Read More »A teacher’s end-of-year takeaways
Why am I left behind when so obviously useful? What are the skills our students practice in our classes if not transferable? By definition, transferable… Read More »a lonely unused transfer
Mike Griffin’s simple, quirky collection of random educational moments that occurred in a day has morphed into a blog challenge, one which a few have… Read More »(Un)cool things that happened today
“Thus, a [teaching] portfolio is a collection of artefacts through which teachers present their own professional persona. One’s strengths as a developer of classroom materials,… Read More »On teaching portfolios
As I continue my semester both as EAP teacher and MA student, I’m confronted with issues related to where learning occurs and how it is… Read More »Where and how our learning occurs
A brief introduction to Hofstede’s cultural dimensions approach (1986) When I mentioned that I planned to blog today on the day off of writing MA papers… Read More »Why doesn’t this lesson work with these students?
As the end of another term, year, (world?) approaches, it’s natural to consider how things have shaped up compared to last year. It was around… Read More »A language teacher’s Xmas wishlist [revisited]
Last year, inspired by Adam Simpson’s 11 from 11 post, I wrote about posts from other blogs that I wish I had written. This year,… Read More »12 posts from 2012 I love