Angela Matheson

Young learners are naturally curious about the world around them. They have vivid imaginations, and they use their curiosity to explore and learn about themselves and that world. Today’s children are also growing up in a world that is fundamentally different from the one in which their parents and grandparents grew up in. It is the responsibility of teachers, to create learning experiences that not only elicit children’s curiosity but also engage them in opportunities to appreciate and learn from different cultures and ways of thinking from an early age. In this workshop teachers will learn ways to incorporate activities and ideas into their lessons to ensure that their students develop their curiosity for the world around them.

Bio: She came to Turkey over 25 years ago and worked as an ESL teacher. She moved her way up to Head of Department and coordinator of the foreign language department. After 12
years she moved to a large private school where she was coordinator for the foreign language department. At the same time, she developed a foreign language curriculum for the whole school. The syllabus part of this curriculum was then used to design an online program that is still currently been used in the school. She also was the lead manager on leading the school to gain accreditation from Eaquals association and at the same time she led the school through membership to the Council of International Schools. During the last 5 years she has also helped develop an in-house teacher assessment program and gave whole school training to the teachers on many subjects such as student-centred learning, assessment methods, writing lessons and classroom management.
She was recently working as the Head of International Programs and Director of English at Kültür Koleji in Istanbul. Here she organised the whole schools’ program as well as introducing a bilingual program. She was also director for the IB and AP programs. She is currently working as a teacher trainer for UES, she is also the creator of the English Project book Series and has also helped develop a science course for ESL students