Category: teaching

• Shut up and just listen: taming the problem-solving teacher

  

  Here it is Friday afternoon, and I find myself feeling out of sorts, wandering around the house, somewhat aimlessly. The reason? I’m obsessing over a class I had this week. Why? Well, I’m not proud of how I reacted and in fact, I’m tired of reacting this way. Here’s the deal: at the start of…

  Claire Maria Ford

  July 3, 2020

  communication skills, Mindfulness, pedagogy, problem-solving, teaching, teaching techniques, Uncategorized

• One Crisis, Three Questions

  

  Going into Week 8 of confinement, how’s the morale? I don’t know for you, but for me it’s been such a roller-coaster of emotions! Sometimes, I feel short-tempered and irritable (especially when watching the news or reading other people’s reactions to government decisions). Then I swing to frustration at not being able to go running…

  Claire Maria Ford

  May 1, 2020

  confinement, covid19, growth mindset, new world, personal development, self-care, teaching, Uncategorized, workplace wellbeing

  celebrations, confinement, learning, mental health, online teaching, pema chodron, quanrantine, reflections, teachers, teaching; esl, transitions

• Clarity in confinement?

  

  It’s important to say things as they are. Love is the opposite of avoidance. And so, it is important to be able to say things as they are, beginning with our fears. (Boris Sirbey) I read that piece of wisdom this morning in a LinkedIn article entitled Le hamster épris de ciel bleu (The Hamster…

  Claire Maria Ford

  April 10, 2020

  Boris Sirbey, connecting, covid19, Culture, esl, failure, family, family life, goal-setting, growth, growth mindset, initiative, leadership, Mindfulness, motivation, personal development, progress, quarantine, responsibility, self-care, stress management, teaching, workplace wellbeing

  brené brown