Monthly Archives: September 2011

Justice with Michael Sandel – NHK: The Ultimate Choice

Michael Sandel leads a video-linked global classroom, broadcast on NHK television (Japan) with students in Tokyo, Shanghai, and at Harvard. Sandel and the students discuss the ethical and global implications of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and nuclear disaster: What accounts … Continue reading

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En Temuco se realizaron Debates en Inglés para estudiantes de Enseñanza Media

En la actividad participaron 15 establecimientos de la Región de la Araucanía, buscando los finalistas para participar de la final zonal, que se realizará a mediados del mes de Noviembre, entre los(as) representantes de 4 regiones. Fuente: http://bit.ly/ndTYC5 23 / … Continue reading

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Redes Pedagógicas Locales de Inglés (RPL)

Las Redes Pedagógicas Locales de Inglés son comunidades de aprendizaje integradas por profesores/as de inglés de distintos establecimientos, que se reúnen una vez al mes a compartir y analizar temas y problemas en común, y diseñar acciones para mejorar la … Continue reading

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Debating the Horrific: Right to Die is the Ultimate Personal Freedom?

Free Ebook: Teaching Debate in Chile http://slidesha.re/cSVP9N Se desarrollaron dos jornadas, en Llanquihue y Osorno, donde 8 establecimientos debatieron sobre el derecho a morir 28 / septiembre / 2011 fuente: http://bit.ly/p9YAGg En el salón del DEPROV Llanquihue y en el … Continue reading

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Advanced Debating: How to Debate the Death Penalty (The Moral Side of Murder)

Free Ebook: Teaching Debate in Chile http://slidesha.re/cSVP9N Here’s the motion: This House would abolish the death penalty, in all cases. You are the opposition. In other words, you must defend the death penalty. You’re going to lose, because there is … Continue reading

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Educación: ¡La culpa no es de los profesores!

Por Gabriel Gutiérrez, 27 de Septiembre 2011 http://bit.ly/ovioW3 Quizás porque las protestas estudiantiles han tenido como motor y centro a los estudiantes universitarios, los desafíos asociados a políticas para profesores han estado relativamente ausentes del actual debate acerca de reformas … Continue reading

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Black Eyed Peas: I got a feeling on Oprah

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Gotta Keep Reading Book Dance

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@ElBloombito: B is for Bad Language Learner – A Response to Linguistic Bullying

B is for Bad language learner Scott Thornbury | September 25, 2011 at 6:50 am | Tags: bad language URL: http://wp.me/pJw7u-Gp Scott Thornbury gives us background info on the story: As a precaution against the recent hurricane that threatened his … Continue reading

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International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL)

Today, I want to introduce to you, the frequent reader of this blog, and to you, the casual reader / accidental reader of this blog, an excellent, a truly great organization of higher education professionals. I am talking about the … Continue reading

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