Personal and Professional Development for TESOL Teachers
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Yes, in many places, climate change has already moved into the neighborhood. And as teachers, as materials developers, it means something to stand in front of a classroom built on land that is slowly, visibly, and measurably disappearing. To treat climate awareness as just another thematic unit between “Shopping” and “Sports” is not only poor pedagogy—it is a dereliction of responsibility.
A reflection on how John Dewey’s experiential learning philosophy and the Dada movement’s creative rebellion inform humanistic, self-actualizing approaches to TESOL and Dogme ELT.
Maya Angelou once said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Those words, simple and graceful as they sound, have extraordinary weight in professional life—especially in education, where trust, empathy, and perception form the unseen scaffolding of every classroom and workplace.
