Category Archives: A bit of everything
And there is this long wait in between semesters
The academic semester break in Australia is about to start… Students and full-time academics are getting ready for their Christmas holidays… I just got paid my last salary of the year and as any other casual academic the uncertainty of having/ or not
And there is this long wait in between semesters
The academic semester break in Australia is about to start… Students and full-time academics are getting ready for their Christmas holidays… I just got paid my last salary of the year and as any other casual academic the uncertainty of having/ or not
CASA weekly news 24/14
Originally posted on CASA:
Hello and welcome back to the CASA weekly news roundup. (We took a breather last week as we were both travelling away from our usual listening posts.) What’s happening? The proposed budget reforms to Australian higher education will…
CASA weekly news 24/14
Originally posted on CASA:
Hello and welcome back to the CASA weekly news roundup. (We took a breather last week as we were both travelling away from our usual listening posts.) What’s happening? The proposed budget reforms to Australian higher education will…
Teachers’ beliefs in the activity of learning to teach EFL in Chile
A paper I wrote two years ago is finally published! Barahona, M. 2014.Pre-service teachers’s beliefs in the activity of learning to teach English in the Chilean context. Cultural-Historical Psychology. N2. pp. 116-122 Research on teachers’ beliefs has gained significant attention
Teachers’ beliefs in the activity of learning to teach EFL in Chile
A paper I wrote two years ago is finally published! Barahona, M. 2014.Pre-service teachers’s beliefs in the activity of learning to teach English in the Chilean context. Cultural-Historical Psychology. N2. pp. 116-122 Research on teachers’ beliefs has gained significant attention
“Word Meaning is Important”: Andy Blunden
Perezhivanie as a word in the English language The Russian language does not use definite or indefinite articles, so in appropriating a Russian word into the English language, and thereby giving perezhivanie an English meaning, the writer has to make…
“Word Meaning is Important”: Andy Blunden
Perezhivanie as a word in the English language The Russian language does not use definite or indefinite articles, so in appropriating a Russian word into the English language, and thereby giving perezhivanie an English meaning, the writer has to make…
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,500 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,500 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway
Understanding a very complex activity!
I have been a teacher of English for fifteen years. I have been a teacher educator for ten years. I have been engaged in the activities of learning how to teach, teaching English and teaching how to teach for a
Understanding a very complex activity!
I have been a teacher of English for fifteen years. I have been a teacher educator for ten years. I have been engaged in the activities of learning how to teach, teaching English and teaching how to teach for a
I have made it! survived a year in OZ!
It’s already been a year in the quiet and beautiful Canberra.A year that has been like riding a long rollercoaster, a definite full on year! Today I feel it is time to evaluate what I have done and what my
I have made it! survived a year in OZ!
It’s already been a year in the quiet and beautiful Canberra.A year that has been like riding a long rollercoaster, a definite full on year! Today I feel it is time to evaluate what I have done and what my
I’m a PhD candidate!
Yesterday I did my Thesis proposal review presentation and everything went all right. I was able to explain the research project, the underlying theories and the context. I even explained Engestrom’s triangular representation. I received lots of congratulations, comments, suggestions
I’m a PhD candidate!
Yesterday I did my Thesis proposal review presentation and everything went all right. I was able to explain the research project, the underlying theories and the context. I even explained Engestrom’s triangular representation. I received lots of congratulations, comments, suggestions
The PhD experience
As I am preparing my Thesis Proposal Review. I have been reflecting not only about my tiny study and the challenges I have to overcome, but also about the entire Phd experience. I can see that it is a complex
The PhD experience
As I am preparing my Thesis Proposal Review. I have been reflecting not only about my tiny study and the challenges I have to overcome, but also about the entire Phd experience. I can see that it is a complex
My research journey. 