Maintaining range and fluency while teaching beginners or younger learners is at best challenging, and many if not most teachers have been unable to manage either or both in today's reality. We all need adult conversation, and these session provide just that. Each session is a guided discussion so prior reading and consideration is helpful, and the sharing of personal views and experiences expected.
Group sizes are strictly enforced; small groups allow for greater participation.
Monday 2 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Do teachers have free speech?
Tuesday 3 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : What should a school do? Problematic issues and student behaviour.
Wednesday 4 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Grading, standards and grade inflation; when is a 7 a 7?
Thursday 5 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Teacher quality and performance; do "bad" teachers exist?
Friday 6 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Weekly News Roundup, a review of major headlines from the day(s) prior
Monday 9 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Does teacher appearance matter?
Tuesday 10 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Bullying - when, what and who.
Wednesday 11 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Gifted education, what is it and who deserves it?
Thursday 12 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Hot-button issues; is it controversial or appropriate?
Friday 13 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Weekly News Roundup, a review of major headlines from the day(s) prior
Monday 16 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Teachers and bias
Tuesday 17 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Student placement : promotion, retention and acceleration
Wednesday 18 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Educating boys; are they the same?
Thursday 19 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Is school "choice" a human right?
Friday 20 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Weekly News Roundup, a review of major headlines from the day(s) prior
Monday 23 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Is education a public or private good?
Tuesday 24 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Teacher pay and fairness
7.30 - 8.30pm : Are private schools wealthy?
Thursday 26 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Is for-profit education bad?
Friday 27 January 2023
7.30 - 8.30pm : Weekly News Roundup, a review of major headlines from the day(s) prior
- A C1 or higher level of English is assumed.
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- These are online open-group sessions. Open groups are limited in size to allow for participation and questions.
- $5000 per person after the teacher self-pay discount; multiple session discounts are also available. Ask about institutional rates.
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