Today’s podcast explores the place of social emotional learning in EPIC, both for the students and for the teachers. Our honored guest, Dr. Luis Javier Pentón Herrera is an award-winning Spanish and English educator and author of books, special editions and articles on subjects including intersection of identity, emotions, and well-being in language and literacy education, social-emotional learning (SEL), autoethnography and storytelling, refugee education, and language weaponization. In 2024, he was selected by the TESOL International Association and National Geographic Learning as the Teacher of the Year. At present, he is a Professor at Uniwersytet VIZJA, Poland. He is also a Fulbright Scholar and Specialist, and an English Language Specialist with the U.S. Department of State. I know that each listener will find something to identify with in this special podcast today. Enjoy! *Credit for the introductory music goes to the Gal Giberstein Quartet for A Drive To The North from their Vessel Of Love Project.
*Credit for the introductory music goes to the Gal Giberstein Quartet for A Drive To The North from their Vessel Of Love Project.
Welcome to Season 2 of the EPIC podcast. We open this season with a chat with Dr. Beatrix Price from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. Based on her recently published study entitled: Collaboration at the Core: Understanding Professional Development and Learning in English Language Teacher Associations (which can be found in the journal Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching) we discuss the importance of teacher collaborations as the basis for professional development and teacher well-being, and the role of teacher organizations in supporting communities of practice. I feel this is a great way to start the year off with a reminder that in our country we have a wonderful teachers’ association in H-INET, which not only serves as a professional development home for teachers of EPIC here in Israel, but also sponsors this podcast series.