From my point of view, it is very important that teachers complete our formation with training courses during all our professional life because in a society like ours, which progresses really quickly, it is essential that teachers recycle us constantly.
Usually, during the career you learn some general concepts about education and about how to teach. But then, when you are working, you need to put them in practice and sometimes you feel that you do not know how to manage some situations.
From my experience, it has been very interesting attending courses when I’ve started working, because when I had to think about how to design an activity or how to apply a tip, I had been thinking in my real students and classes. Nevertheless, it is true that you have less time to dedicate to formation; but if you organize yourself, you can find time for all.
Fortunately, nowadays we have many opportunities to improve and recycle our educational practices. For instance, we can search on the internet about our interests and follow some blogs or youtube channels. We also can attend a course organized by a university or other educational organizations such as CEFIRE or we can apply for a scholarship in Erasmus+ programmes around the world. We are going to explain the advantages of each of them.
On the one hand, it should be noted that there are many free and interesting learning web pages on the Internet. I find them good because here you can find resources, activities and ideas of other teachers who work in the same level or subject as you and who probably have the same challenges and problems than you. Besides, it is a good way to share useful information and experiences because you can keep in touch with professionals from all the world.
On the other hand, you can share good practices amongst teaching professionals in the communities of practice. They are promoted by our autonomous community with the CEFIRE and their work groups. With this type of training, a group of teachers that wants to develop a work project and elaborate materials is able to do it in an independent way.
Other option available is the Erasmus+ Programme. Its purpose is implementing actions and improving the mobility of individuals in order to promote innovation and exchange of good practices.
In conclusion, if you want to improve your teaching style, you have a lot of opportunities to do it through courses and different work groups related to your subject and interests. This is why there are no excuses to be up to date to the new educational methodologies.
Here you can find some interesting websites where you can find more information about this:
http://www.erasmusplus.gob.es/
http://cefire.edu.gva.es/course/view.php?id=6301












