Advancing Teaching Skills By Teresa Doguelli, Teacher Trainer, Macmillan Education, Turkey
Q&A: ADVANCING TEACHING SKILLS by Derek Spafford and Alejandra Ottolina
In this session, Derek Spafford and Alejandra Ottolina address teachers’ questions about professional self-development. Derek underlines the importance of peer observations, reflecting and using the methodology sections in the Teacher’s Book to keep developing as a teacher. Alejandra expands on four pillars of teaching: planning, motivation, evaluation/assessment and balance. She explains their importance in teaching and gives practical ideas on how to implement them in the online classroom.
WHAT ARE TEACHING SKILLS? We often talk about what kinds of skills our 21st-century students will need to learn, but what about teachers? It’s undeniable that the expectations around effective teaching today are very different to the traditional, ‘knowledge transmission’ model of the past. But what is ‘effective teaching’, and what skills do teachers need to develop to achieve this? The Covid crisis has forced us to rethink our approaches and has posed challenges for many. Being a teacher today involves an ever-evolving set of skills, both in and beyond the physical classroom. We need to be able to vary our approaches, delivery modes and procedures to cater for diverse student needs, whilst ensuring a safe and motivating learning space, face to face or online. This section aims to give teachers the confidence to try out new concepts to improve themselves with the aim of improving the student learning experience.
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In addition to all the materials in this handbook, there is a page on the Macmillan Education website dedicated to training teachers to advance their teaching skills.
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