Wisdom Stories in CPD – a webinar by Alan Maley
Dear Colleagues,
IATEFL Poland and Alan Maley,
highly regarded, award-winning, internationally-known writer and artist, involved in English Language Teaching (ELT) for over 60 years,
have the pleasure to invite you to the webinar:
“Wisdom Stories in CPD”
which will take place on Monday, 24th of September 2025, from 20.30 to 21.30 CET.
Summary:
I will first offer a justification for Continuing Professional and Personal Development (CPD) and discuss some forms it might take. I will argue that we need to go beyond updating knowledge and skills to the more profound human qualities which teachers need to develop. Such qualities cannot be directly taught but can be acquired.
I will then introduce the idea of wisdom stories, explain how they work and the way they can be used to spark discussion of issues for reflection. I will offer some examples of wisdom stories together with a framework for using them, including discussion prompts. In addition to wisdom stories, I will offer examples of using poems, quotations, metaphors, teacher anecdotes and critical incidents from books as lead-ins to critical discussion.
During the webinar all participants will be provided with a certificate of participation, which they will be able to download.
IATEFL Poland members have priority of registration for this webinar.
Do not delay. The number of participants is limited.
Professional profile
Alan Maley
highly regarded, award-winning, internationally-known writer and artist, involved in English Language Teaching (ELT) for over 60 years
Bio
Alan Maley has been involved in English Language Teaching (ELT) for over 60 years. He worked for the British Council in Yugoslavia, Ghana, Italy, France, China and India and was the Director of the Bell Educational Trust in Cambridge for 5 years. He later worked in universities in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and UK. Alan has published over 50 books and numerous articles. In the following, Dr. Maley answered our questions on teaching creative writing in academic centers, the relationship between creative writing and language learning, and the status of creative writing in non-English speaking countries.
He is a past President of IATEFL (1988-92) – and is proud to have been in at the beginning of IATEFL Poland.
Welcome!
On behalf of IATEFL Poland
Webinar organisers:
| Anna Rogalewicz-Gałucka Chief Administrative Officer office@iatefl.org.pl | Lucyna Wilinkiewicz-Górniak Kraków Region Representative Webinars’ Coordinator lucyna.wilinkiewicz@gmail.com |
