By M.A.Sachpazian In an era when bullying (at schools and in the workplace) is largely and openly discussed and no tollerance is shown for bullying of any kind, it is rather odd that professional bullying (by clients / customers to service providers/suppliers) is hesitantly discussed in hushed tones. This probably happens because it is awkward (and...

  In the last few years, emphasis on honing our teaching skills so that we can be effective teachers of all learners, regardless of their special abilities or weakenesses, has become the mainstream attitude in the Greek ELT. It could be argued that in this climate discussing how academic managers should support teachers who teach learners with special...

  The dictionary (www.oxforddictionaries.com) defines director as a person who is in charge of an activity, department or organisation. A second definition adds the aspect of the manager of business affairs, while the third one turns to arts, but diminishes the main person behind the staging of a play to a ‘’person who supervises actors’’. I really do...

  In my last article (back in June 2018, before my unplanned but much-needed break of 6 months from ELT NEWS for the first time in 9 years), we explored the causes and the symptoms of once successful FLS whose volume of sales decreases gradually. In this article, we are going to pick up the thread to discuss the phenomenon of FLS that never manage to...

  The story is familiar because you have seen it before. In fact, it’s played out in the same way so many times that one wonders why those involved in it do not realize what is happening to them. There was that school. It used to be huge! A trend-setter it was! A market leader and then gradually it faded into oblivion. The whole thing did not happen...

In the era of self-sustaining learning environments, at a time when learning can happen everywhere, the space where formal learning takes place cannot be overlooked.  There are many factors to take into consideration when designing spaces for learning, schools and whole campuses. In the case of FLS, the inherent challenge is that in most cases the design...