El juego y toda manifestación lúdica, está atravesada por una particular relación con las concepciones de cultura que se sustenten, el tipo de sociedad en la cual se esté inserto, y la relación que se establezca entre el juego y el ideal de hombre y sociedad. Apoyamos que un docente enseñe mediante propuestas lúdicas, entre otras propuestas. Y que los alumnos aprendan, en el desarrollo de la actividad lúdica, determinados contenidos escolares. La situación lúdica requiere de una perspectiva múltiple que posibilite a los alumnos poner a su servicio competencias complejas, aptitudes procesuales para decidir entre diversas estrategias de resolución y, a nivel actitudinal, generar una energía positiva, una actitud favorable hacia la situación escolar. El docente puede anticipar, suponer, o hipotetizar qué elementos necesita contener su propuesta, a los efectos de que resulte movilizadora y potenciadora del aprendizaje significativo y de la construcción de significados, sostenidos desde lo lúdico. Y este docente será el principal responsable de planificar y dar intencionalidad a la propuesta lúdica que se configura en el contexto escolar.

CONTENIDOS
• El juego, el trabajo y el aprendizaje como actividades humanas.
• El fenómeno lúdico y el aprendizaje escolar.
• La propuesta lúdica como competencia del docente; la actividad lúdica como competencia del alumno.

«El maestro en el arte de la vida no distingue mucho entre su trabajo y su juego, su trabajo y su ocio, su mente y su cuerpo, su educación y su recreación, su amor y su religión. Apenas distingue cuál es cuál. Simplemente, percibe su visión de la excelencia en todo lo que hace, dejando que otros decidan si “él” está jugando o trabajando. A sus propios ojos, siempre está haciendo las dos cosas. »
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Educators are worried about bullying. However, very little is done at schools to attend, foster and promote a caring classroom. In this session we will see how to create a climate for learning and wellbeing by actively teaching kids and teenagers the cognitive and emotional facets of peace and empathy.

«Life is today»

Classroom management continues to be a serious concern for teachers at all levels. Join Laura in this lively, fun, and interactive workshop that addresses dozens of practical, eye-opening strategies you can use for managing students effectively, focusing on both prevention and intervention.

«Be ready when opportunity comes... Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet»

This presentation will focus on how literacy teachers can foster students’ competencies in the reading and writing processes by making meaning between the structures of the languages systems, through active learning and language experience activities. Participants will see samples of effective biliteracy instruction and students works that reveal the imperative importance of understanding the process of construction of both language systems connected to the students’ lives.

«One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.»
Frank Smith

This paper will discuss the use of paintings in fiction in the EFL kindergarten classroom to encourage the young leaners’ capacity for defamiliarisation with the known world by freeing their flow of imagination within the linguistic context of storytelling. A pilot experience tried out at Saint Patrick’s Bilingual School (Rosario) will be debriefed on the light of current theoretical approaches to child graphic development and creative thinking.

«If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants»
Isaac Newton

Teaching vocabulary is undoubtedly one of the bounden duties teachers have in the EFL classroom. In parallel, using video in our lessons unquestionably engages students in the learning process, paving the way for language acquisition. In this session, we will combine our students’ need for vocabulary with their passion for television series in order to see for ourselves different ways in which we can build and consolidate new lexical items in an easy and enjoyable way.

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Why Include Physical Activity in the School Day? One reliable way to motivate students and prime their brains for learning during the school day is to get them moving, even for short periods of time, between seated tasks. We will share a “minds-on-movement” approach with dynamic techniques to challenge body and mind together. Come to this session and become a creative-movement teacher”!

«Tell me and I’ll forget…Teach me and I’ll remember…Involve me and I’ll learn»
GB

Did you know that adolescents are ruled far more by their emotions than by logic...? that physical movement helps the cerebellum develop, & aids toddlers in improving their cognitive processing skills…? In this workshop we will explore ways of enriching our students brains, and awaken their desire to learn and participate. The role of music on the classroom will be revisited and we will discuss why E.Q can matter more than I.Q.

«Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Oil those brains before they rust!»
J. Prelutsky, poet

Parent-Teacher relationships are a key factor in the development of a strong school community. Teachers, students and parents benefit from an open, warm and professional relationship. Teachers who learn to establish a positive partnership with parents provide support for student achievement. School communities are strengthened when parents and teachers work together towards a common goal while building a solid relationship.

«Alone we can do so little. Together we can so much»
Hellen Keller

Knowing how the brain works is essential for teachers to select strategies and design class activities that go hand in hand with how our students’ brains learn. In a fun way, through the use of a variety of games, this workshop aims at bringing teachers closer to a very wise way of teaching: Brain-based Learning.

«I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.»
Jimmy Dean

In which mood are your students when they get into class? Are they caught up in a certain emotion? Will their performance be affected by that?How can I, as a teacher, help them recognize, accept, regulate and express those feelings. Our challenge as educators is not only to train them in educational knowledge but to foster emotional abilities as well. And here is the good piece of news: emotional intelligence can be learnt! In this practical workshop, we will work with concepts from emotional intelligence and coaching in education and put them into practice in a year-round project so that you can take home hands-on material to start working with emotions and character strength right away!

«Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lightning of a fire»
William Butler Yeats

Songs that have been taught to different age-groups (from toddlers to adults) will be presented together with the strategies used to boost the learner’s engagement in the task. Participants will leave the workshop with material and ideas which they may use in their next classes regardless of their learners’ age.

«I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory»
Alexander Smith

In this presentation we will explore different aspects of trailers as an important resource in EFL teaching contexts and as a trigger to numerous follow up activities. The audience will take home some practical ideas that will hopefully enrich their teaching repertoire and classroom practice.

Easing our teenage students into sounding less stilted and less artificially formal and older is not an simple task for teachers. However, it is totally doable and our responsibility. There are numerous ways in which we can have them aim for linguistic acceptance of themselves and others. Join Chris for this interactive workshop and walk out a new teacher.

«Empowering learners to dream in English»

Looking for strategies to make your teaching more student-centred and connected with your students`reality? Teaching in the 21st century requires us to scape the textbook and look for innovative and "outside the box" techniques to engage learners of different age groups and interests. During this workshop we will look into different activities that enable our students to think for themselves making use of authentic material to make learning & teaching fun!

«The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.»
Alvin Toffler

In this session SUPPORT LEARNING  presents  the art of live illustration and performed storytelling, as conceived by “Touch the Author” educational project. Music and live singing will also enhance the power of words in hand-picked stories.