Professional Development

How much do you help your learners with the planning and outlining of a writing task. This article explores a way of helping students improve their output of ideas and good writing at the same time, helping them to see the link between plan and final version and the need for self-editing.

With the move online, more and more teachers are starting to reflect more on their own performance as well as being more aware of their own wellbeing and that of their learners. This article offers a script to guide you through a period of reflection which could be used alone or in a group.

What are the benefits of reflection? What are some straightforward ways to do it? Who will benefit? Look at this article and find ways you can use reflection in your own teaching and personal development.

As a teacher-trainer it can be useful to have metaphors to help explain various parts of the teachers’ role and the article offers a number of options.