Spring/March 2012 - Vol 26 No 1
now available!
Dear Everybody,
Welcome to the first and Spring issue of our 26th volume!
If you receive the printed issue of the journal, you will find a loose subscription form. Can I invite you to offer it to a colleague? That way, together, we can let others know about the journal.
Thanks!
Whether you read the print or digital copy of the journal, you will find that the issue of change crops up again and again in the articles in this time.
On page 2 we have ideas for responding to situations of increased cultural diversity.
On Page 7 we read about a young country undergoing reform. Page 11 brings us
different models for teachers who wish to evolve their work. One argument for
teaching for thinking, the subject of the article on page 14, is the need to cope
with massive changes in our lives. Page 19 gives us an interview with an
organisation dedicated to encouraging social change via the arts. The article about
dialogue journals on page 21 concentrates on their use as a means of developing
student teacher thinking during progression in the teaching profession
A beneficial change to our practice, revealed on page 25, could be to give students,
right at the start of a course, really clear guidelines on tutor course expectations.
The articles referred to on page 26 in our ‘Article Watch’ column and the books
briefly sketched in our ‘Publications Received’ column too indicate changes within the pool of professional publications in our field.
The only thing that doesn’t change is my pleasure at receiving your article
submissions, adverts, letters and emails so please do keep them coming!
All good wishes and happy reading!
Tessa Woodward
The Editor
Opening plenary IATEFL conference
by Tessa Woodward
Tessa Woodward, the editor of The Teacher Trainer journal, gave the opening plenary at the IATEFL conference in Harrogate, UK in April, 2010. The topic was "The professional life cycles of teachers". Below you can watch Part 1 of her plenary.
Part 2 (approx. 45 minutes) of Tessa's Opening Plenary is available on the IATEFL web site. Please follow this link to continue viewing.
Tessa was also the October 2009 guest writer for the BBC Teaching English web site. And the subject was all about being a teacher trainer! You can still see her articles on the 'Guest Writer' section:
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/am-i-ready-be-a-teacher-trainer
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/how-be-a-trainer
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/tessa-woodward.
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