Finding the Hero in the Young Student Whilst Embracing the Dark Side - (Putting a Pscyhological Goal Into TESOL) [Workshop #1]
Classroom Management for Elementary School Teachers [Workshop #2]
Professor Amanda Maitland
Abstract for "Hero" workshop
This workshop aims at applying soft toy theory at the level of “Middle and High School” although many of the underlying theory, themes and activities could also support adult literacy events. The workshop will add a socio-psychological goal to the other goals that underlie communicative language teaching. The aim is to present the soft toy and psychological theories and connect them to popular themes: such as, “fantasy”, “superhero” “traumatic world events” and “monster”. The foundations for the workshop arise from: Literacy, Play therapy, and Counseling. The workshop will demonstrate how learning through play can develop a dialogue between the teacher and student that can fuel creative thought, whilst raising general literacy standards. The workshop will also demonstrate how applying the soft toy theory and the popular themes can raise students’ self-esteem, encourage a greater complexity of thought and trigger discussions of morality and the general level of communicative ability in the classroom and out. The workshop will also connect the popular themes and “soft toy play” to the notion of story sacks. Story sacks are a means of supporting extensive reading by developing student’s comprehension of stories and readers whilst encouraging communicative/soft toy play and language reviewing activities. The themes and theories allows for the use of a rich variety of multi-media, memorabilia and realia. The activities discussed will aim generally at the young adult finding his hero or finding hero that resides inside, whilst allowing the young adult to embrace his darker side and test boundaries, to feel empowered and learn how to deal with the feeling of power.
Abstract for "Classroom Management" workshop
This workshop aims to present tips and information on Effective Classroom Management Techniques for Elementary School Teachers. Classroom management and is often the yardstick by which teachers are measured, leading many to become disheartened if their daily teaching strategies and their own personal authority appear to fail them in the classroom. Traditional teacher-training courses do not usually provide much training on classroom management , leaving new teachers ill-equipped for the "challenging classroom". This workshop aims to provide information that could help take the stress out of teaching, and to provide reliable positive classroom management strategies as well as some related classroom management theory.
The workshop also aims to explain the characteristics of a "good" school behavior system for Elementary Schools and its connection to overall positive classroom management. A wide range of strategies will be provided at the workshop for coping with common classroom management issues. The workshop will also address some common problematic scenarios encountered by Elementary School teachers.
Bio-sketch
The Author Amanda Maitland is a professor at Chonbuk National University in Jeonju, South Korea where she is Director of TESOL Teacher-Training and Education. Before she came to Korea she was a senior professor at the University of East London where she taught linguistics, language studies, education theory and TESOL courses. Amanda Maitland also has extensive experience of teaching in the secondary sector in the UK and has developed a large personal portfolio of strategies for "Classroom Management."
Her other duties have been related to course design and the development of primary, secondary, post-compulsory, and TESOL teacher-training courses. In addition to this, Amanda Maitland has been published in the fields of "reading" and "reflective journal writing for teacher training" and "classroom management" and "Psychology, Play therapy and its use in TESOL". This comic-book style game tells the story of a great train robbery by 4 villains. The game is a 5-reel, 3-row, 10-line (fixed) video slot with 4 different Wild features https://50-spins.com/wild-wild-west-slot-review/ . The Wild Wild West: The Great Train Heist slot machine, referred to as simply Wild Wild West, is a 5-reel, 10-payline machine from NetEnt. Max. wager: £100, Payout %: 96.7%, Max. payout: X500, Jackpot type (normal/progressive): normal. Play Wild West slot for free at our website. Try a free demo of the Wild Wild West: the Great Train Heist video slot game by NetEnt or play for real.
