COD 2016 - KP279

"Building the Reading Brain"

Kindergarten and Primary School Heads, Coordinators and Teachers

2 sessions, start: 11-Oct

Course detail

Year: 2016
Level: Kindergarten / Primary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Luciana Fernández
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 600.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 11 October 2016 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
2 25 October 2016 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Luciana Fernández

Luciana Fernández is a graduate teacher of English who has been teaching English for the past twenty-nine years. She has specialized in Methodology and Teaching Practice and she holds a Diploma in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. She holds two post graduate certifications in Thinking Cultures and Teaching for Comprehension

She is a Reading and Literacy expert and has been training teachers in this area for the past fifteen years. She is a teacher educator and has designed several presentations and courses for professional development both in Argentina and abroad. Her presentation at ARTESOL 2015 was selected to be presented at TESOL International as a Best Affiliate Session. She is one of the 50 scholarship winners who attended and presented at IATEFL, held in Birmingham in April 2016. She was later on invited to be a presenter at the Young Learners and Teenagers SIG pre conference event and at the main conference.

Luciana has been the Head at several bilingual IB institutions in Buenos Aires. At present she is a school advisor, teacher trainer and facilitator at ESSARP (English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate), where she trains heads and teachers from the most important bilingual institutions in Argentina.
Kindergarten and Primary School Heads, Coordinators and Teachers
Get participants to learn about reading and the brain. We will discuss what happens to the brain when we read. The importance of developing reading strategies will be discussed and explored. What do we mean by active reading?
- Effective Reading
- Reading and the brain
- Reading Strategies
- The brain in action when reading
- Active Reading
- The role of schemata.
In the sessions we will read about the topic, listen to experts, see practitioners in action and explore best practices in effective reading instruction. The critical role of teachers in building a reading and thinking brain.
To be specified.
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