Wednesday 21 May 2025, 4.00pm (UK time)
Summary
The word ‘context’ is frequently used by practitioners to mean an abstract array of elements that is not always helpful to understand specific educational realities. In this webinar, presenter Luis Carabantes will provide a framework based on sociocultural theory of learning to help practitioners identify and map the different layers of complexity of their educational contexts as well as the different types of tensions they experience when making pedagogical decisions.
They will illustrate from personal experience as an EAP practitioner and researcher of materials development how they have brought together the different contextual elements shaping Luis' educational context.
About the presenter
Dr Luis Carabantes is a Lecturer in Academic and Professional Communication at Queen Mary University of London, where he teaches EAP and in the MA TESOL modules such as Materials Development and Second Language Acquisition. With almost 20 years of teaching experience, Luis conducts research about how materials development profiles in teacher education, and the overall role it plays in teacher learning. Luis’s work can be found in language education outlets such as TESOL Quarterly, The Modern Language Journal, and the ELT Journal, amongst others.
More webinars
View more webinars in the Transformative Teachers webinar series.