OVERVIEW
In recent years, education has started to focus on a Social Constructivist strand that combines covert and overt approaches to the handling of Strategic Competence. In the language classroom, teachers acknowledge how, developing Critical Thinking and Learning Strategies, become wonderful tools to empower our learners and build their resilience amongst other socio-emotional skills.
The aim of this session is to discuss the rationale behind Learning Strategies and some activities for a variety of age-groups and levels that can be used “from a distance”.
LUCIANA FERNÁNDEZ
Luciana Fernández is a graduate teacher of English and a teacher educator who has 28 years´experience in the field of education. She has specialized in Methodology, Teaching Practice, Early Years Education, Literacy and Critical Thinking. She holds a Diploma in Educational Research from University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. She has also two postgraduate certifications in Teaching for Comprehension and Thinking Cultures (FUNDACIES, Colombia).
Luciana has presented at numerous congresses and conventions both nationally and internationally and was awarded an IATEFL scholarship in 2016.
At present she is a Senior Academic Consultant for National Geographic Learning and Trinity College London Argentina and she is an Educational Advisor at several bilingual schools. She has been both a teacher and Head teacher at several institutions in Buenos Aires and has been a teacher trainer at ESSARP (English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate) for the past eighteen years.
