“Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions,” Anonymous Indeed, teaching profession is the cornerstone and foundation of all the development achieved in societies up till now. The inordinate and massive task that lies on a teacher’s shoulders is to educate the minds, to raise individuals as decent citizens, open the doors to knowledge and... Continue Reading →

Today we presented on the topic of assessment.  This time my team divided the workload by assigning analyses of particular sources to 3 different students, two other students compiling the researched input of other students into a cohesive presentation with one of them making the final presentation. The team work went smoothly, as everybody had... Continue Reading →

The teacher's task is to initiate the learning process and then get out of the way. John Warren ― Today we had a teaching session on implementation with a focus on frontal teaching. Our group Tree was responsible of presenting the topic of guiding groups and individuals in vocational and higher education. If we take... Continue Reading →

Our second session was on teaching in a virtual environment. Prior to the start of our program in OAMK, I had another brief opportunity to get familiar with online teaching. A year ago I went through a training “How to teach online” of the biggest online English language school in Russia, which is the leader... Continue Reading →

Post is coming ....October 12 program Jessica Mackay - Using WhatsApp in language teachingDr. Hisham Al Saghbini - Cambridge Assessment English — Learning Oriented Assessment Natalia Ladygina - Trends in teaching adults: shorter courses, focused classes Ollie Wood - Teaching Business English OnlineAndre Hedlund -Project-Based Learning: a Brazilian Case of International Collaboration Daria Talanova -Social... Continue Reading →

My teaching practice is taking place in Oulu University of Applied Sciences. I'm teaching two English language courses and a course in Intercultural competencies.

“Tell me, I´ll forget; show me, I´ll remember; involve me, I´ll understand”. Chinese proverb Our group tree started out our teaching journey with preparing and teaching of the topic “Promoting learning in classroom and virtual settings”. One of our group members took the initiative to create Prezi presentation where we all would contribute the information... Continue Reading →

Sitting in an OAMK classroom on the first day of our orientation to the teacher's studies and listening to my new tutor talking about the jungle of pedagogical concepts I couldn't stop but thinking that God has finally answered my mother's consistent prayers :"Regina, go into teaching! Please, go into teaching!". The other recurrent thought... Continue Reading →