COD 2013 - S447

Global Citizenship: educating intercultural speakers for an interconnected world (session sponsored by the British Council)

Secondary teachers of all subjects taught in English and any teachers who can follow the session in English even though they may teach their subjects in Spanish.

2 sesiones, inicia: 13-Feb

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Ciclo: 2013
Nivel: Secundaria
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Claudia Ferradas PhD
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1 13 Febrero 2013 09:30 am 04:30 pm
2 14 Febrero 2013 09:30 am 04:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Claudia Ferradas

Dr. Claudia Ferradas is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she got her first degree as a teacher of English at the Instituto de Enseñanza Superior en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández”. She holds an MA in Education and Professional Development from the University of East Anglia and a PhD in English Studies from the University of Nottingham, UK. She is an experienced presenter and ELT author who travels the world as a teacher educator. She often works as a consultant for the British Council and Trinity College London. She is also a presenter for Oxford University Press and is an Oxford Teachers’ Academy Trainer.
In Argentina, she has taught language and literature at the Instituto de Enseñanza Superior en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández”, Buenos Aires, where she was also “Regente del nivel superior”. She teaches on the MA programme in Literatures in English at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza. She coordinates the literature and cultural programmes at ESSARP.
In the UK, Claudia has been a Visiting Fellow and research supervisor at the School of Languages, Leeds Metropolitan University, and is now a member of the NILE (Norwich Institute for Language Education) Advisory Board and the Extensive Reading Foundation committee.
Claudia has co-chaired the Oxford Conference on the Teaching of Literature on five occasions and has also worked as Project Manager for the Penguin Active Readers Teacher Support Programme. She has also taught on the MA programme in TEFL at the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
She is a member of the editorial committee of several journals: AJAL (Argentine Journal of Applied Linguistics); Revista Interdisciplinar de Formación Docente Kimün (Instituto de Formación Docente Continua, San Luis, Argentina); Conexión, Revista de Investigaciones y Propuestas Educativas (Instituto de Educación Superior N° 28 “Olga Cossettini”, Rosario, Argentina) and CLELE Journal (Children’s Literature in English Language Education).
Secondary teachers of all subjects taught in English and any teachers who can follow the session in English even though they may teach their subjects in Spanish.
- to explore the interrelated ideas of “identity” and “culture” and “global awareness”.
- to develop awareness of global issues affecting our lives in general and job opportunities in particular.
- to reflect on how our classes can contribute to developing global citizenship and intercultural awareness.
- to propose ways in which our schools can become truly “international” by nurturing a global outlook.
- to suggest ways of developing the values required for intercultural understanding, equity and sustainability.
- to explore free British Council courses aimed at teachers interested in Global Citizenship and in establishing international school links.
- The concept of global citizenship.
- Identifying global issues.
- Educating intercultural speakers.
- Selecting teaching materials for global awareness.
- Global citizenship techniques.
- Establishing international school partnerships: the challenges involved.
Opening session led by Dr. Claudia Ferradas followed by hands-on workshops using British Council freely available materials. The workshops will be coordinated by two facilitators working together and will aim at reflection as well as production of a list of suggestions for effective action in the participants’ schools. Participants will be able to access British Council online courses on Global Citizenship to go on working in this direction.
Connecting Classrooms materials provided by the British Council as electronic files as well as online materials available at http://connectingclassrooms-learning.britishcouncil.org./
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