Authenticity in our classrooms with Mark Andrews
This 5-day intensive face-to-face course offers participants a unique opportunity to explore what the concept of authenticity in education means as well as explore techniques to help teachers be more themselves in the classroom. Teacher authenticity affects their relationship with students, deepens their student-centeredness, and influences their choice of learning materials. Higher levels of authenticity will change the way classroom management and decision-making are done, deepen humanistic principles, and bring other goals into the classroom besides language learning and development; a good example is building understanding and respect for other cultures.
What you will get from this course?
- Knowledge of the principles of authentic teaching leadership
- Understanding of the benefits of authentic teacher and student behavior for both the teaching process and personal development
- Skill in how to continuously build a more democratic classroom environment
- Understanding of how to reflect on one’s own teaching, for improvement through pupil perceptions
- A set of practical activities and guidelines for greater and authentic pupil engagement
- The ability to use the ‘here and now’ principle in the regular classroom
- The ability to develop critical thinking in themselves and their students
- Directions for working with authentic information from the media and online environments
- Principles of teaching in a multicultural environment and building respect between cultures
- Discussion and exchange of ideas in a small group of like-minded teachers in the heart of the Bratislava Old Town
Who is the course for
For teachers of pupils aged 11+ who want to motivate and engage their pupils in a more authentic way. They are not afraid of change, are interested in what is happening in the world at the moment, and want to incorporate this 'here and now' into their English lessons appropriately. They are determined to teach their pupils to communicate better with people from other cultures and thus open a real door to the world for them.
Understanding of the benefits of authentic teacher and student behavior for both the teaching process and personal development
Skill in how to continuously build a more democratic classroom environment
Understanding of how to reflect on one’s own teaching, for improvement through pupil perceptions
A set of practical activities and guidelines for greater and authentic pupil engagement
The ability to use the ‘here and now’ principle in the regular classroom
The ability to develop critical thinking in themselves and their students
Directions for working with authentic information from the media and online environments
Principles of teaching in a multicultural environment and building respect between cultures
Discussion and exchange of ideas in a small group of like-minded teachers in the heart of the Old Town
Europass Mobility document
