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I would like to provide some food for thought and raise some questions relevant for us as teachers. The focus here is on something I call Teacher Refresh Rate (TRR). The idea is borrowed from technology. In technology, refresh rate is the number of times a display device displays a new image per second. The display, whether monitor or smartphone you're reading this on, has a refresh rate between 50 and 120Hz, (most likely around 60Hz), meaning the image of this text is created around 60 times per second. TRR is about finding new approaches to our teaching, refreshing our methodology, rediscovering and reminding ourselves of all the joys of teaching.
It is about revisiting what we did before with a fresh perspective and more experienced eyes. Making small shifts in our approach can make a big difference for us as well as our students. It's about making the best from our experience – continuing to do good things well and taking the things which are just OK to a new, higher level.
Slobodan’s a technophile English teacher turned Business English trainer. All that fuels his passions – developing professionally, helping others grow and using technology to make the first two happen. |
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