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Started teaching EAL in South Korea in 2007 at an elementary school. Thrown in at the deep end. 30+ children staring at me for help and I had no idea what to do. Fast-forward 15 years, and I have some idea what to do. But, thankfully, I am still learning.

Teaching

Currently Head of EAL/EAP at a boarding school in the UK. Prior to that ... EAP tutor at a UK university. EAL teacher in Kazakhstan. Assistant Professor (History & EAP), university in South Korea. EAL teacher, elementary school in South Korea.

Qualifications

3 GCSEs (first-time round). 4 GCSEs (second-time round)

Then the real learning started ...

BA (Hons) British and American Cultures (Northumbria University)

MA Modern History (Durham University)

MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (University of Sunderland)

Post-graduate certificate in Teaching English for Academic Purposes (University of Leicester)

PGCE International (University of Nottingham)

PGCE with QTS - Religious Studies (University of Sunderland)

PhD History (Newcastle University)

Research

My research focuses on the pedagogical methods used in adult education from 1903 to 1939. My thesis aims to track how pedagogical methods were used, how and why they differed, how effective they were, and what can be learnt from this period regarding adult education today. My thesis explores how the workers were taught, what pedagogical approaches were used to motivate workers, how democratic was the classroom, what were the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of the students and the tutors and how these influenced the instruction within the classroom. 

For more information about my PhD research. 

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Learning never stops, it just changes direction.

Michael




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