Difficult situations in your seminar group: How do you deal with this?

Ivana Brasileiro Reis Pereira & Laura Koenders

As a teacher, you frequently encounter situations that are not always pleasant. Students arrive late, are unprepared, or make inappropriate comments about other students. How do you respond to these situations, and what impact does your response have on the group dynamic? 

Drawing on the communication model by Wubbels and colleagues, this workshop equips you with tools to make deliberate and effective choices in these situations. By focusing on strategies for managing difficult interactions and fostering social safety, you'll learn how to reflect on your role toward a more constructive and supportive learning environment.

Biography

Dr Ivana Brasileiro is a consultant and trainer at Utrecht University. Her expertise is in academic skills, guidance skills and diversity. With a background in multilingualism and a passion for education, she supports teachers in developing a teaching and guiding attitude that invites and encourages all students to develop to their full potential.

Dr Laura Koenders works at Educational Developtment and Training as a consultant and teacher trainer. One of her areas of expertise is skills education, and teaching teacher skills. Skills education is all about translating theory into practice. This is reflected in this workshop by making extensive use of case histories.