Want to design a Dogme-based course? · Teacher Support Network (Free)

Want to design a Dogme-based course?

It's easier than you think.

Yesterday, we shared why in our newsletter. Did you get a chance to read it?

Dogme isn't an educational movement, but a cinematic one. Before Scott Thornbury and Luke Meddings popularized Dogme inside the ELT industry, it existed in Denmark. In the film industry.

Dogme 95 is a Danish film movement that sought to make movies “au natural,” so to speak. No fancy lighting, editing, or special effects.Just as it happened.

If you've seen the films, you can judge for yourself. They're not for me.

But in education, the idea stuck, and for good reason:

teach at the point of need
understand the needs of our students
coursebooks aren't natural!

Ok, sure, that's all well and good and is easy for people to talk about. But how do we actually DO it? And in a course? Aren't Dogme and instructional design opposites?

Read the post to find out.

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