Pinar Sekmen
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Teacher Educator
Bio:
Pınar Sekmen has been in ELT for over two decades. She is the founder and academic coordinator of PS:Professional Support in Education for teachers and learners. She has been working in the fields of Tesol, teacher training, and education and training management programs. Her interests include SEL, autonomy in teaching and learning, PBLL, educational technologies, mindfulness, neurolanguage coaching and sustainability in ELT.
Session synopsis:
When Holy Curiosity Wires with Neuroplasticity
In today’s “a click away” world, traditional approaches in education cannot be expected to be the one and only perspective in teaching and learning. Both learners and educators are now seeking autonomy to attain the desired outcomes in their learning and teaching journeys. In this workshop, I would like to activate our silent and/or somehow passivized neural voices on the importance and inevitable role of neuroplasticity—when ignited by curiosity—in building an autonomous learning environment.
How can this interconnection of these three main actors—curiosity, neuroplasticity and autonomous learning—transform the learner’s brain while it is learning? The aim here will be to raise awareness in the power of building learner autonomy in teaching and and learning atmospheres in terms of boosting curiosity for a more engaging and interactive environments through a pedagogical lens.
Bio:
Pınar Sekmen has been in ELT for over two decades. She is the founder and academic coordinator of PS:Professional Support in Education for teachers and learners. She has been working in the fields of Tesol, teacher training, and education and training management programs. Her interests include SEL, autonomy in teaching and learning, PBLL, educational technologies, mindfulness, neurolanguage coaching and sustainability in ELT.
Session synopsis:
When Holy Curiosity Wires with Neuroplasticity
In today’s “a click away” world, traditional approaches in education cannot be expected to be the one and only perspective in teaching and learning. Both learners and educators are now seeking autonomy to attain the desired outcomes in their learning and teaching journeys. In this workshop, I would like to activate our silent and/or somehow passivized neural voices on the importance and inevitable role of neuroplasticity—when ignited by curiosity—in building an autonomous learning environment.
How can this interconnection of these three main actors—curiosity, neuroplasticity and autonomous learning—transform the learner’s brain while it is learning? The aim here will be to raise awareness in the power of building learner autonomy in teaching and and learning atmospheres in terms of boosting curiosity for a more engaging and interactive environments through a pedagogical lens.