Month: April 2018
Seminar by Dr Jackie Lou on walking as an ethnographic method.
Researching urban multilingualism on the move: Walking as research method Dr Jackie Lou, Birkbeck, University of London [website here] Starts Friday 18th May, 2018 06:00 – 07:30PM Room tbc, Birkbeck University of London, WC1E To book a ticket please click her Event Description This paper explores walking as an ethnographic method in research on urban multilingualism. Along with recent growth […]
Read moreAnxious learners, caring teachers and the emotional labour of teaching
Dr Christina Gkonou – University of Essex Time: Tuesday May 2nd; Start at 3pm – it may last up to 90 minutes. Location: Ellen Wilkinson Building, Room B4.3 Anxious learners, caring teachers and the emotional labour of teaching This talk will centre on the concepts of language learner anxiety, caring, and emotional labour. To show the links among these constructs, […]
Read moreBook by Paul Breen
“DEVELOPING EDUCATORS FOR THE DIGITAL AGE A FRAMEWORK FOR CAPTURING KNOWLEDGE IN ACTION” Paul Breen Synopsis Evaluating skills and knowledge capture lies at the cutting edge of contemporary higher education where there is a drive towards increasing evaluation of classroom performance and use of digital technologies in pedagogy. Developing Educators for the Digital Age is a book that provides a narrative […]
Read moreInterested in exploring emotions and agency? do not miss this conference
Manchester Roundtable on the role of emotions and agency in teaching and beyond 23 – 25 May 2018 Sociocultural approaches to human development and mind have become a prominent theoretical perspective in teaching, and have also served as a framework for empirical studies on how teachers act, make decisions, and design learning spaces that lead to effective practice. However, it […]
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