TACTics Journal
A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners
In this week’s issue:
Connections
(1) Conference Update:
(2) Best Wishes for a New Year!, Sandra
Fierro
Editors’ Notes
(3)
CONNECTIONS
(1) Conference Update:
From
Our TOC team in
on the upcoming TOCFE
International Conference, which will be held in
something about
helpful information to those of you
will be coming to the conference and to
inspire those of you who are not yet
sure whether you would be coming to
decide to join us here!
Thinking about what to write has made me realize how much I have
grown to
love
before I returned to
small Serbian town, went to
university in
live in
come back here to share what I
had learned abroad. Given that I wanted to
make a contribution on a larger
scale to bringing about positive changes in
the education system and life
long learning in
place to start.
But, it wasn’t easy. In the first weeks upon my return, I was
terrified of
crossing the streets because drivers
would very rarely stop for you at the
pedestrian crossing unless you go for
it. I hated going to post offices,
waiting in the queues for paying
electricity and telephone bills etc. My
experience was that it was always
crowded, people were pushing, and
everything took a long time.
I am not quite sure when and how the change happened. I remember a
year
ago returning from a trip,
sitting on a coach and looking through the window
as we were entering the city on
a hazy afternoon and I felt my heart well up
with love. I guess it was to do
with my commitment to this city. I had made
a decision to live here and to
give my best to it and
met so many wonderful people
here, discovered so many beautiful places,
enjoyed the walks in sunlit streets
or sitting in one of many coffee shops and
watching the life in the streets of
the city unfold.
people’s behaviour.
There is something both raw and sophisticated about it.
It is also a city of intensity. It challenges you to discover who
you are and
forces you to make daily choices
about how you want to live your life.
If you would like to see some photos of
http://www.belgradetourism.org.yu/english/razgled/index.html.
There is also a list of web site addresses that give general
information for
transportation, car rentals, currency, and
weather to international dialing
instructions: http://www.budgettravel.com/serbia.htm.
An official city of
http://www.beograd.org.yu/english/grad/index.htm and another interesting
site is: http://www.geocities.com/milorad_pavlovic/Paintings2.html.
And, for those who want to stay longer and see a little bit more
of the
country: http://www.biztravel.com/TRAVEL/SIT/top_pages/2486.html.
The conference will be held in the Intercontinental Hotel in New
Belgrade
and the accommodation will be
offered in the Jugoslavija Hotel located on
the
will be arranged between the two
hotels in the morning and the afternoon)
If you would like to book rooms at the Jugoslavija
Hotel, you can do that
through the Miross
Travel Agency, who is helping us organize the
conference. The person to contact is:
Ms. Dobrila Puzic
dobrila@miross.co.yu
Miross Travel Agency
Svetogorska 4,
Tel/Fax: +381 11 33 44 945
+381 11 33 44 510
+381 11 33 44 529
I hope to see you here in May!
(2) Best Wishes for a New Year!
From Sandra Fierro
Dear Cheryl,
Hi! I want to send you a big hug and the best wishes for this New
Year. In
what concerns to TOCFE, I did the
workshop on Dec. 4, with important
results, yet with great constraints.
I will write longer as soon as I find the
time. This is to thank deeply the
interest you put in what the rest of the
team members are doing all over
the world. I want to thank Mr. Michael
Round for his enormous help and Zana from
my very profound feelings of
gratefulness and tell them that this is the kind
of help we need. Thank you for
your support. Some teachers told me they
are beginning to use the tool in
behavior aspects. If this mail gets to the
rest of the world, I want you to
know that I think of you constantly and I
want to send my best wishes to
all the wonderful people I met.
Hope to see you again.
Sandra
EDITORS’ NOTES
(3)
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