La escuela de Sísifo

This week's purpose was to understand our learners , starting by getting to know their motivation . So, according to Carl Roger's theory, there are two types of motivation: I've always thought Carl Rogers is a fine name for a middle aged country singer. I thought it was a very good idea to include these two questions, because sometimes teachers are detached from their students and their processes, forgetting all about when they were students themselves, and even saying things like "I come here 'only' to teach my class". Next, it was about rapport. Although teachers are not supposed to intervene in their students' lives, it's important to have a healthy relantionship with them. I sometimes think that schools have come so artificial that are characterised as "special" or "diferent" environments, that they give the impression to be out of reality. When a teacher shouts to their students is not only wrong, but it is not the ...

I'm taking this MOOC on Future Learn , which has become one of my favourites resources for the purpose of updating my teaching techniques and general knowledge about English and Education. This one is from the British Council , and I signed up for it months ago (actually, if I hadn't read an email reminding me the starting date, I would've totally missed it --but that's one of the advantages of this platform). Absent-minded as I am, I had registered for the first part of the program, but I didn't start it. I will, I swear. Today is the begining of week 3, so I have to speed up the posts regarding this course, since I've found it very interesting and useful for me and I'm sure many teachers could benefit from it. Since it is now available only until May 29 due to the platform new policy, I'll summarize the first to weeks in two different posts, unless there's something I want to discuss separately. These are the general contents of the course...