Which training courses would you like to have access to as a teacher? Why? Which is, in your opinion, the best way to share good practice amongst?

                         My Favourite Training Courses 

Nobody doubts the importance of the permanent training in any professional area. To retrain and to be kept updated along the whole life is fundamental and especially in the educational world, which professionals, in addition to being up to date with knowledge, must face to challenging situations that increasingly demand new teaching methodologies and psychological and social skills. Furthermore, it is from my point of view, a job that implies a considerable responsibility as the future of our pupils depends somehow on our task, therefore, we should take seriously our training.

As far as I am concerned, there are lots of training courses I would love to be taught in. For instance, due to education tends to be multilingual, those ones that seek to improve our level of English in different ways: grammar or speaking classes, immersion or exchange courses, summer courses abroad, online classes and the list goes on. As well as those courses related to the Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) context.

Secondly, we are witnessing the role the new technologies are acquiring in our pupils’ lives and education shouldn’t keep away from it. Consequently, we all should be constantly taught in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) courses so as to familiarize to several electronic devices such as: interactive whiteboards, digital interactive books, laptops and tablets. Moreover, it provides a wide range of resources and contents for our classes.

And last but not least, new learning methodologies courses that teach us different stimulating and motivating tools, which help us in our daily classes to be more efficient and to create the appropriate environment.

 And, what about the best way of sharing good practice amongst teaching professionals? I believe that apart from traditional courses, lectures and seminars we should take advantage of the Internet. On it, we may create and share everything through personal blogs, thematic websites and emails.