ELT in Cuba from Primary to Teacher Education. Present challenges and perspectives (página 2)

Content in teacher education Must contribute to enhance student teachers´ sense of responsibility as citizens. Enhance the education of moral values Must develop professional skills for teaching and educating

Teaching practicum & mentoring

Teaching practice is to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Mentoring is a strategy of individual and institutional support, realized in a learning-partnership of two persons and aiming at professional development (of school teachers).

Mentors not tormentors (Gp:) Mentoring is a joint work

(Gp:) Mentoring is a dialogue

Mentoring scenarios common features

Mentoring should take place in a personal one-to-one relationship. Mentoring should be a confidential, inspiring, and trusting relationship as a basic prerequisite for learning. The benefit is not only on the mentee's side but also on the mentor's and the institution as well.

Basic principles for an effective inclusion of ICT in teacher education Technology should be integrated into the entire teacher education program. Professors and mentor teachers should model innovative uses of technology. Students should experience innovative technology-supported learning environments in their teacher education program.

Language Teacher education (Gp:) To teach language

(Gp:) Act as intercultural communicators and culture promoters

Teacher trainees develop professional skills

English teacher (Gp:) Intercultural communicator

CULTURE PROMOTER

(Gp:) ENHANCES LEARNING STRATEGIES AND INTELLECTUAL SKILLS

(Gp:) FOSTERS VALUES AS CUBAN AND WORLD CITIZEN

(Gp:) DEVELOPS INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Professional Development teaching content lesson planning procedures for assessing learners´ knowledge and skills procedures to integrate interdisciplinary content Methodological preparation: Ongoing process to help school teachers reflect on:

Professional development is enhanced through ELT Seminars and conferences Academic exchange Workshops by international professors from Canada, UK, and others. Master’s & PhD programs in UK and Cuba TKT

British Council Regional Project “YES” (Gp:) To contribute to develop language skills e-tutoring e-learners

(Gp:) To contribute to develop teaching skills TKT Essentials face to face / online

Goal: to reach 1500 teachers

TKT Essentials in Cuba (Gp:) More than 160 teachers have taken the exam successfully

2008- 2011 More tha1280 teachers have been trained

All children, young people and adults have the human right to benefit from an education that will meet their basic learning needs in the best and fullest sense of the term, an education that includes learning to know, to do, to live together and to be.

(World Declaration on Education for All The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child)

Conclusions

The educational and cultural strategy of Cuba is to enhance the comprehensive general culture of the people, which includes among others, language, arts, science, and technology.

ELT community is at the center of that strategy because we teach English for a better world.

Conclusions

L eardership O ffer oportunities to grow & enhance V alues , learning and culture E ducate ELT and teacher education