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Teacher Education SIG Events in 2008

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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

ELT and the Science of Happiness

Speaker: Marc Helgesen
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM (Tue., January 15th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): free
Fee (One-Day members): free
Prefecture: Chiba
City: Makuhari
Venue: Kanda University of International Studies
Description: Positive, motivated students -- engaged in what they are studying and with each other -- learn more. As a teacher, you already know that. But how do we facilitate that positive attitude in the classroom? The new field of "positive psychology" offers ideas. Psychology has traditionally focused on mental illness. Positive psychology focuses on mental health: � What do happy, successful, mentally healthy people do? TIME magazine has dubbed this "the science of happiness." Language learning is, of course, informed by educational psychology. How can we connect ideas from positive psychology to the classroom? Can these ideas make us more effective teachers? In this session, we'll experiment with tasks that combine positive psychology � the behaviors of happy, mentally healthy people -- with clear language learning goals.

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Elementary School English Education Symposium

Speaker: Keynote speaker - Dr. Kensaku Yoshida
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Sun., July 13th, 2008)
Fee (JALT members): 2000 yen (Free for students)
Fee (One-Day members): 2000 yen (Free for students)
Prefecture: Miyagi
City: Sendai
Venue: Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
Description: Presented by Teacher Education SIG together with JALT Sendai Chapter and the Testing and Evaluation SIG.

With reforms in Japanese Elementary education just around the corner, this symposium, featuring a keynote address from Dr. Kensaku Yoshida, workshops from other renowned academics and teachers, and a panel discussion featuring many of the presenters, will gather key speakers in children's education to present a variety of challenging and thought-provoking speeches and workshops, followed by a panel discussion of key points that have emerged during the day.

Further details on the Sendai Chapter website.

URL: http://jaltsendai.terapad.com/

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