IATEFL2017: Sarah Mercer' s Plenary Session: Connecting Minds: language learner and teacher psychologies

Thanks to IATEFLOnline I had the pleasure to watch Sarah Mercer's plenary, among other interesting talks and interviews. Sarah Mercer reminded us all that:

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Sarah Mercer's talk was a perfect compendium and combination of Shelly Terrell´s 30 Goals Challenge For Teachers webpage, book and educator´s radio podcasts, and Angela Maiers' #youmatter Manifesto and TEDxDesMoines´ talk. These two awesome educators, thought-provoking speakers and motivators, have changed my mindset since the moment I first listened to them.

Definitely Sarah, Shelly and Angela  have the same purpose: encourage us, educators, to look after ourselves to be better prepared to start our teaching day, avoid burnout and be physically, emotionally and mentally ready to face everyday challenges.

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Highlights:

-Sarah Mercer´s showed an extract of late Rita Pierson´s "Every Kid Needs a Champion" passionate and inspiring TedEd talk.

-Sir Ken Robinson´s: How to Escape Education's Death Valley

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