TTedSIG - Sustainability and teacher education—what should we be thinking about?

Sustainability is rapidly becoming a buzzword in ELT globally, and this talk will explore three themes.
Firstly we will attempt to define sustainability in the ELT context and then explore the role of teacher educators in both helping teachers to embed sustainability in their work, and to being sustainable in themselves. The third part of the talk will ask participants to outline work they are doing in the area and to consider what some of the barriers they have encountered are.

Speaker:

Christopher Graham

Christopher Graham is a freelance ELT consultant and author based in the UK. He has worked in over 30 countries for the British Council, ministries of education and international publishers. He works extensively on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning projects and CPD design and delivery. He has a specific interest in teaching contexts in fragile and fractured societies, in the design and delivery of train-the-trainer courses, and in the role that ELT has in engaging with sustainability. He is President of IATEFL, and chairs of the Board of Trustees, and the Publications Committee.

Recent publications include:

• Sustainability in ELT, (contributing co-editor), Balkan University Press, due Q4 2025.
• Chapter on sustainability in pre-service teacher training.
• Training the Trainer – A Resource Book for ELT Professionals, Garnet Education, 2025.
• Adaptable English Language Teaching, Taylor and Francis, 2024. Chapter on classroom management.
• Climate action in language education. Activities for low resource classrooms. with Bilsborough, K, Barber D and Kral, T, British Council, 2022.
• 50 Ways to be a Greener Teacher. Wayzgoose Press, 2022.
• 21st Century Skills in the ELT Classroom – A Guide for Teachers. (contributing editor) Garnet Education, 2020.

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