A
seminar-workshop of teacher education was held on Shahrivar 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
at Dehkhoda Lexicon Institute and International Centre for Persian Studies.
Nevisandegan-e Javan Publications managed torun this event. The workshops
started on the first of Shahrivar, 1396 by three academic workshops: 1)
Continuing Professional Development taught by Mr. Farhad Molaee, 2) How to
Teach Academic IELTS Writing, taught by Mr. Majid Darabi, and 3) How to Write a
Research Proposal, taught by Dr. Shabnam Mokhtarnia. Nearly 60 candidates
attended these three workshops.
The
main section of the event was held on the second and third of Shahrivar, 1396
which hosted almost 250 participants coming from different corners of the
country attending 8 workshops in two days. Day one started with the opening
ceremony on the main hall. Professor Alavi from University of Tehran had his
plenary speech on classroom assessment
which was directly related to the needs of the attendees. Afterwards, the
participants, attended the workshops. The very day ended by a gathering in the
main hall listening to Ms. Afkhami’s session on reflection Follwed by piano performance by Master
Hossein Bidgoli.
The
second day started with a plenary delivere by Dr. Khalil Motallebzadeh on
Features of the 21st Century Teachers which was well-received by the
participants. Then participants went to their classes to attend four more
workshops. The workshop titles and the presenters were as follows:
Teaching
Grammar Communicatively: Dr. Hamed Barghi
Assessing
Vocabulary and Grammar: Dr. Mowla Miri
Speaking
Strategies: Dr. Mehrdad Moloudi
Communicative
Reading Strategies: Mr. Afshin Mousavi Behnia
Lingo
Motive Aids/Games: Mr. Mahmoud Khaki
Less
Pain More Gain in Managing Lexis: Mr. Farzad Abareshi
Classroom
Management: Ms. Leila Afkhami
Learning
by Listening: Mr. Arin Fallah
The
Organizers of this event, Jafar Dorri, Serrollah Damavandi, and Abolfazl
Ghanbari, from Nevisandegun - e Javan Publications, are proud of the success of
this workshop and hope that they can hold siminar ones in future.
