Last Thursday, I had the honour of being a guest speaker at the International Conference organized by the Teachers Community Georgia.
It is a real pleasure to see how this teachers community work hard to keep up their professional development. The audience was absolutely respectful and showed great interest in the presentations.
My special thanks to Dr Inga Kharchilava for her invitation.
I'm proud and happy to share the article that I wrote for Perfect 'U' NEWU Magazine.
I love sharing my perspectives on education with the general public all over the world. This time, I have the chance of addressing women in India.
You can read the article here.
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No place for fear: Ending school violence for better mental
health and learning. Is the motto presented by UNESCO in the campaign against
bullying this year.
Studies held on this issue have shown that most violence
and bullying at school is perpetrated by peers, but teachers and other members
of school staff are also involved in this negative behavior.
There are many significant effects of violence and
bullying. Among them, we can mention low academic achievement and mental health
problems, which result in detriment of life quality.
Students who suffer bullying feel like outsiders at school.
They tend to leave formal education after finishing secondary school. And they
undergo feelings of loneliness, and deep sadness which could even push them
into the idea of suicide.
The top reason for bullying seems to be physical appearance,
followed by ethnicity, nationality and the colour of one’s skin. Students seen
as “different” in any way are at risk of being bullied.
This does not only happen at school. Nowadays, after the
pandemic, cyberbullying has increased dramatically.
Many people perceive bullying and cyberbullying as a rite
of passage towards adulthood and consider that it is not so dangerous.
Moreover, they feel that there is almost nothing we can do to stop it. Instead,
we should get involved in fighting this kind of violence. In so doing, we can
prevent or address it successfully.
A point to bear in mind: No child is born hating others.
This is a behavior children learn from their caretakers. Sometimes, even
without noticing it, adults let their hidden agendas permeate the upbringing of
their kids. It is a question of self-awareness and we should work at it.
We will make the world a better place to live in if we join
our positive vibes.
I feel privileged to have been invited as a guest speaker at this international event where so many prestigious speakers shared their contribution to help to raise awareness about the relevance of protecting the environment.
Dr. Nada Radkovic and Dr Virginia Rivera co-hosted this two.days enlightening celebration.
I feel really privileged to have been the first guest speaker at this international event organized by International Internship University, IIU Research Centre and Global Community for Education 2023.
It is highly positive to exchange perspectives with educationists from diverse contexts such as Africa, Asia and Europe. I consider it is one of the first steps to take in order to work collaboratively to improve life conditions through education all over the world.
I want to thank especially Dr Peeyush Pandit, Dr Pradipta Mandal and Prof. Nada Ratkovic for the invitation.
Here I share my presentation. Hope you enjoy watching it.
Every year, International Language Day is celebrated on February 21 to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity, and to acknowledge the invaluable contribution of languages to the development of individual, societies and cultures.
The head of UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), emphasized that the post-2015 development agenda must
focus on advancing quality education for all and that includes promoting the
preservation of language.
I shared this video so that my former students and
colleagues could develop their listening skill and, besides and more important,
to help them perceive the wonderful attitude this great sportsman showed.
His English was described by the journalist as excellent,
and I adhere to his opinion. Dibu speaks an excellent English for international
communication, absolutely intelligible and with natural pacing. His intonation
meant exactly what he intended to transmit and his sounds never interfered with
intelligibility.
There is always someone who finds something to criticize.
This is when my message goes: “Look at life from the positive side and you’ll
have plenty to enjoy.”
This video makes me double happy. I feel proud to perceive
an Argentine footballer speaking English with almost no accent, and his message
shows incredible humbleness.
Maybe some of the listeners could take after him.
Yesterday I had the pleasure and honour to be a speaker at this enlightening international conference organised by Global Friends Club.
Dr Inga Kharchilava, from Georgia, invited me to be part of this relevant event and I immediately accepted her invitation because I know about the quality of the events Global Friends Club organise.
Here I share my short presentation since we were all asked to use only 5 minutes so that the event took the schedulled time. After listening to all presenters, I can assert that "Brevity is the soul of wit"
You can watch the whole event at: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NV3jUV-QROo&feature=share
Here I just insert my own participation:
Hope you enjoy watching it.
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If you are planning to take the plunge and be a presenter at FAAPI, and this is your first time doing so, this information might be of your interest.
Having a former student, now colleague, telling me that he's using one of my books to teach is one or the most wonderful rewards I can have as a teacher and as a book writer.
Thanks, Hermann, for your sharing.
It's really enriching to share perspectives with different educationists from all over the world.
I hope my colleagues have also gathered some ideas from my presentation.
