Observation and feedback for the ‘woke’
Observation and feedback in ELT – a new vision
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What you will learn
Observation is the bane of teachers’ lives.
The whole system is designed to put fear into the hearts and minds of teachers who are working to achieve the best they can for their students. Observation and feedback has not really been challenged as a system since its inception but now may be the time to do just that. Let’s look at the reasons, the processes, the outcomes and the people involved with this practice.
This workshop will try to dismantle the old habits arguing that for observation and feedback to be of any use, we must re-evaluate what we do, what we expect and what we value.
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About the trainer

Steve Hirschhorn – Award-winning Teacher Trainer, Former School Principal & Director of TESOL.
Steve Hirschhorn has been teaching and training teachers for around 40 years. He has lectured and delivered workshops from Peru to Japan and most stages in between, going the long way round! Steve has been a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, school Principal and Director of TESOL; he was External Examiner for three UK universities’ MA TESOL and English Language boards. He has written numerous articles on various aspects of teacher-training, teaching and learning language.
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