39. Changing perspectives in teaching

                                                  

* Teaching is not only about an intellectual engagement with others but also a cognitive and affective engagement with self through regular review and renewal of methods and approaches.

*Passionate teachers are aware of the broader social context in which they teach and have clear sense of identity and believe they can make a difference to the skill achievement of their learners.

* A teacher requires scholarship, educational knowledge, intuition, imagination and the ability to improvise.

* The colonized mind set still prevails in India. It is high time we made a sincere attempt to shed the cache of theories which govern language  teaching in India.

* We have oft heard the slogan Energy for all, Shelter for all.  Now  the time has come for a new slogan : English for all !!...for it is the language that gives an opportunity to children living in hamlets that  are still not easily accessible by  road.

[From notes made during the  7^th International and 43^rd Annual ELTAI Conference]

 If  we expect a transformation in teaching shouldn’t we teach those teachers now teaching in schools in villages, how to fully exploit the potential of  Web 2.0 technology?      

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