Jody Williams: The life of an activist.
The Hay Festival taking place in Arequipa has brought a wave of political awareness with the invitation of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams well-known for her tireless fight for women’s rights and antipersonal landmines since the 80s. The interview led by...
Ahmed Ben Tahar Galai : Taking a stand for refugees and human rights
“Hay Festival: Imagine the world.” Hard to do so when Aylan Kurdi’s body stands on the 1st slide of Ahmed Ben Tahar Galai’s presentation. We all know that horrible picture that went viral showing the body of this poor little Kurdish boy lying on the Turkish beach....
PISA results, International Meeting for Higher Education. What’s the next step for Peru?
PISA results, International Meeting for Higher Education. What’s the next step for Peru? In the light of the PISA results from the OECD that have just come up today it is worth putting in parallel the relevant questions that were raised yesterday at the International...
Education is starving
When I deliver speeches I am often asked these 2 questions: Why have you decided to teach abroad and deliver conferences? My easy answer is: I heard there was good food for free in that...
Becoming a Teacher Leader
Why becoming a teacher Leader ? The world of education is changing. Teachers are no longer just standing in their class and teaching. They are taking on leadership roles and their influence goes beyond their class. The speech delivered by Dr. Yilin Sun, the President...
Arequipa TESOL – Beyond learning : building an international community of teachers.
The TESOL Association was celebrating its 25th Anniversary in Arequipa, Peru a few weeks ago. Many international speakers from the US, Canada and Japan -among others- were invited to deliver speeches and give demonstrations about how to write the next chapter for our...
Team building for teachers
As teachers we know the importance of trying to build teams within our classrooms. We know that our students will develop interpersonal skills, thinking skills and social skills that will be long-life skills. However do we really pay enough attention to building...
Education in East Asian countries
Over the past few years, East Asian countries have been brought to light in terms of their successful education systems. Their success is especially noticeable in the PISA test. So, why are Asian countries such great education performers? In a previous article I...
Building school project to improve the provision
Most businesses are dedicated to promote the delivery of high quality products. That’s the same for schools. However schools are now under the spotlights for improving their performance in many ways and many of them don’t know how to face the challenges. The community...