tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303668407065083437.post7701649762066825695..comments2024-01-30T10:28:24.572+02:00Comments on Stories of a learning teacher: My TEFL existential Identity crisisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303668407065083437.post-59934844372690764692011-07-27T18:51:56.935+03:002011-07-27T18:51:56.935+03:00Alex, thanks for those kind words. I am flattered!...Alex, thanks for those kind words. I am flattered! I am very satisfied in my work, both as a teacher and a teacher educator, and all the other hats I want to wear. The experience nourishes. Do you think accountants suffer the same need to specialise and have existential crises? <br />I agree with the learning by doing thing completely, but I just like to have a little move governance over my life!!Edward Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783079856345489948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303668407065083437.post-49222246391835856712011-07-20T22:08:46.924+03:002011-07-20T22:08:46.924+03:00Hi Edd,
I think that without looking for it, witho...Hi Edd,<br />I think that without looking for it, without moving ahead, without trying, we cannot find our real vocation, our satisfaction from what we do. <br />I hope and wish that the specialisation will help you to become the professional you would like to be. <br />It would be great if you can find a time to teach as well because you are really an amasing teacher! <br />Good Luck!<br />Best,<br />AlexAlexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303668407065083437.post-90592261571680063512011-07-06T16:08:36.667+03:002011-07-06T16:08:36.667+03:00I will not refer to you as Dave ' the brand...I will not refer to you as Dave ' the brand' Dodgson anymore, :O) <br />I was drawn to this http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2011/jul/06/universities-specialisation-higher-education<br />earlier, and thought I would share. <br /><br />I agree that somethings are chance, but I have never been much of a destiny fan. I wish, although acknowledge its futility, to create my own path. I guess it's the affordances of the ecology, again.Edward Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783079856345489948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303668407065083437.post-81347130930653215362011-07-06T00:18:36.158+03:002011-07-06T00:18:36.158+03:00Hi Ed,
Sorry for the late comment - note to self:...Hi Ed,<br /><br />Sorry for the late comment - note to self: comment on blogs when first reading them rather than leaving it till later!<br /><br />Even since my post and the comments of the ELT community, I keep pondering this one. On the one hand, specialisation can lead you down a narrow path away from the broad realities of classroom life; on the other one, without choosing a focus it seems we end up treading water.<br /><br />I can't help but feel that many 'specialists' seem to have become so by chance as much as anything else. I don't mean by luck of course but rather while wandering the meandery path that sprawls across the world of ELT, an opportunity or a set of circumstances found/pushed/pulled them and so it began...<br /><br />Thanks for the comments regarding my blog as well. However, I still regardt as a random collection of reflective ramblings rather than part of a 'brand' :)DaveDodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896292275243412346noreply@blogger.com