Tell us about your transformative teaching & learning experience

  • Welcome to Transformative Teaching & Learning

    When social change is a goal in curriculum design, in addition to language learning, service learning and media literacy become integral to our students’ classroom experiences.

    The aim of this blog is to inspire the creation of a functional and practical curriculum that introduces service learning into our students’ lives, broadens their media literacy skills, promotes autonomy, and helps students achieve their personal and language learning goals.

    We encourage visitors to collaborate within various levels of the curriculum design process in order to capture “best practices” that empower students and teachers to transform themselves.

Theoretical Support for Project-based Learning

Over the past year, I have been learning a lot about assigning project work to my students. I’ve been interested in project work ever since the fourth grade, when I worked with my dad on a project for Mrs. Farrell’s science class. I researched the process of drilling for oil in the ocean and my … Continue reading →

Filed under Applied Linguistics Research, Professional Development, Project-based Learning, Scaffolding, Teacher Attitudes, Zone of Proximal Development

My Passion for Teaching…

Hi everybody! So PJ and I thought that it would be beneficial for everyone, especially us, to identify what inspires you to teach before we get going on our workshop. We want to know what you are passionate about, and what it is about teaching that makes you challenge yourself? What moves you, and I … Continue reading →

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John Cleese documentary for you and your class

Ever watch The Human Face? It’s a miniseries/documentary hosted by John Cleese. It discusses the human face, with a bit of humor, culture, history, biology, and psychology, not to mention human communication. Watch it on Netflix or buy it, it’s worth it. While you’re doing that, think about how you could use it for a future … Continue reading →

Filed under Content-based Instruction (CBI), Genre, Project-based Learning, Teaching

Tell us about your transformative teaching & learning experience

Transformative teaching and learning refers to a rational and emotional experience where teachers and students reevaluate their assumptions through critical reflection. You can find out more about transformative learning, for teachers and students, who are truly both one and the same, by following this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformative_learning. Yes, it is a wikipedia link, and some of you … Continue reading →

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