A Teacher’s Springtime Quarantine
It is March again. Spring has officially arrived and the equinox is promising more sunlight and longer warmer days. After…
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Leading FL schools in Post-pandemic Times
By Emmanuel Kontovas* Leadership is a perplexing term to define, as there are more than 350 definitions of leadership in…
Training myself to be curious
“The more courses I take and the more I learn, the hungrier I feel for more knowledge. It’s like…
English For 21st Century Skills
This book, co-edited by Daniel Xerri and Sophia Mavridi, showcases cutting-edge theory and practice in the development and integration of…
Andragogy and the Riddle of the Sphinx
Education embodies ongoing commitment, whether practiced consciously or not. Lifelong education is influential for teachers irrespective of the sector or…
CPD for teachers: why do we need to unlearn, re-learn, keep learning?
Try this thought experiment: you are in your class with your students, writing on your board (or typing on your…
It’s all about synapses! We are all about synapses!
What is Teacher Development to me? It’s the air that I breathe, exhilaration, edutainment, juggling, invention, connection, an exciting game…
Gatehouse Awards TEFL courses, the affordable solution
A lot of teachers, new and experienced, come forward asking how they can improve their teaching skills, expand their…
EFL Teachers are Tree Trunks
The metaphor used in the title successfully illustrates in my view, the special place an EFL educator has in the…
Reflections of an active teacher of EFL
The reasons, the means, the times, the venues and more Almost as soon as I entered the teaching profession, back…