Tom Garside
Barriers to bridges: enabling teachers to kickstart their own development
In-depth, lasting Continuous Professional Development activity is often seen as either a luxury or a chore for public school teachers, as
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Tom Garside
May 6, 20197 min read
Shifting the focus: Learner-Centred Classroom Observations
Why do we focus on the behaviour of teachers during ‘official’ classroom observations? Is there an alternative way that is more in line with
Tom Garside
Apr 29, 20194 min read
Empowering teachers to define their own development pathways
Teacher development in any field can only work if teachers themselves take ownership over how they manage their own development plans....
Tom Garside
Apr 22, 20194 min read
Gamifying pronunciation work through phoneme card games
Pronunciation can be a tricky beast. The range of accents, national and international varieties of spoken English result in very few
Tom Garside
Apr 15, 20194 min read
The risks of 'individualised learning' in the digital age
While at the Future of ELT conference at Regents university the other week, a talk by Philip Kerr got me thinking about a buzz word that see
Tom Garside
Apr 8, 20194 min read
10 steps to sustainable teacher development Part 2: Sustaining development through content.
Having looked at how to set up a sustainable teacher development project, how can we ensure that what is delivered in face-to-face developme
Tom Garside
Apr 1, 20195 min read
10 simple steps to sustainable teacher development part 1
Preparing the soil - TESOL qualifications tend to be seen as discrete products leading to fixed outcomes
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