Our shared goals

As elicited in discussion of 4th October 2024, аnd updated/hightlighted (in yellow) in February 2025

By the end of this academic year, we hope to:

· Learn how to teach all ages, young learners, teens and adults

· Share experiences, in class and through presentations (e.g. on online platform)

· Learn about current trends in teaching

· Learn about what ‘modern’ learners are like, e.g. what makes them tick

· Learn when and how we can use different teaching styles, e.g. autocratic and democratic

· Develop our identity as teachers, i.e. understand who we are as teachers

· Develop empathy for our learners

· Learn how to communicate well with learners and their parents

· Develop an awareness of when and how to teach stuff

· Learn how to gamify lessons, e.g. through game theory

· Have opportunities to think outside of the box

· Learn about learners with special educational needs (SEN)

· Develop confidence to teach English

· Reduce teaching anxiety

· Self-assess

· Learn how to manage the classroom

· Notice learner feedback (read the room), while keeping an open mind about it

Engage and learn to design experiential learning experiences, i.e. learning through doing vs. learning through telling

Learn about teacher integrity

Develop AI literacy

[This is work in progress, feel free to add any other suggestions!]

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