La “macdonalización” y la educación La coyuntura actual nos lleva a buscar métodos para enfrentar los retos de la cuarentena. Todos los sectores enfrentan grandes desafíos, particularmente en el sector educativo. ¿Qué camino se debe tomar ante este escenario? El Ministerio de Educación ha anunciado que se utilizarán plataformas virtuales y contenido a través de radio y televisión para...
Hasta antes de sufrir los estragos del COVID-19, muchos profesores veían la enseñanza virtual como algo del futuro y pensaban que tenían tiempo suficiente para dominar las nuevas tecnologías. Sin embargo, el 15 de marzo del 2020 marcó nuestro forzoso ingreso a la enseñanza virtual y con ello la necesidad de adaptarnos a un nuevo sistema de trabajo. ¿Qué...
The word ‘change’ brings about different reactions, ranging from excitement to fear and rejection. Teachers are no strangers to them when facing substantial changes in their working conditions, but many times it’s a negative attitude which invades them. Why does this happen?
Adaptation involves time
In many teaching contexts, change does not occur naturally or gradually. Instead, it is imposed by...
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin. Are we in tune with the ongoing changes in our career? Have we ever asked ourselves to what extent we resist change because we overlook what is taking place in front of...
A lot has already been said about using technology in our lessons and how important it is to achieve our main goal: help students in the process of learning a new language. What we perhaps having heard much is how to achieve this in a practical an easy way.
We need to grasp the difficult sudoku of not only...
Nowadays, there is a great deal of talk about the required qualities English teachers should have in order to facilitate their students to achieve their main goal: learn English. However, this ideal profile with a number of competencies is thought to match with any reality whether this is the one observed in a developed country or the one found...
