Christine Lechner – författare

How can teachers and teacher educators enact positive change in their working environments? How can they develop professional learning communities? How can they support educational policies on intercultural competence, multilingualism and plurilingualism while improving students’ language skills? This inspiring collection gives clear and practical advice on how action research can help achieve all of those goals, from primary through secondary, higher and adult education settings.Action Research Communities for Language Teachers, funded by the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, collects practical first-hand accounts of action research projects, with a shared focus on practical, replicable advice and achievable results. Readers can use these examples to develop small, evidence-based interventions that address their own common challenges and concerns. Spanning fourteen European countries and a similar range of taught languages, these real-life examples of shared problem-solving and collaboration are a crucial contribution to the theory and practice of language teaching and teacher education.

How can teachers and teacher educators enact positive change in their working environments? How can they develop professional learning communities? How can they support educational policies on intercultural competence, multilingualism and plurilingualism while improving students' language skills? This inspiring collection gives clear and practical advice on how action research can help achieve all of those goals, from primary through secondary, higher and adult education settings. Action Research Communities for Language Teachers, funded by the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, collects practical first-hand accounts of action research projects, with a shared focus on practical, replicable advice and achievable results. Readers can use these examples to develop small, evidence-based interventions that address their own common challenges and concerns. Spanning fourteen European countries and a similar range of taught languages, these real-life examples of shared problem-solving and collaboration are a crucial contribution to the theory and practice of language teaching and teacher education.

How can teachers and teacher educators enact positive change in their working environments? How can they develop professional learning communities? How can they support educational policies on intercultural competence, multilingualism and plurilingualism while improving students' language skills? This inspiring collection gives clear and practical advice on how action research can help achieve all of those goals, from primary through secondary, higher and adult education settings. Action Research Communities for Language Teachers, funded by the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, collects practical first-hand accounts of action research projects, with a shared focus on practical, replicable advice and achievable results. Readers can use these examples to develop small, evidence-based interventions that address their own common challenges and concerns. Spanning fourteen European countries and a similar range of taught languages, these real-life examples of shared problem-solving and collaboration are a crucial contribution to the theory and practice of language teaching and teacher education.

Zunehmend sind auch viele ältere Menschen unserer Gesellschaft von der Volkskrankheit Depression betroffen. Die Psychotherapeutin Christine Lechner hat im Auftrag der Caritas München ein innovatives Trainingsprogramm in zwölf Einheiten entwickelt, das speziell älteren Menschen Hilfen bietet, mit Depression umzugehen.Das Trainingsprogramm gegen depressive Verstimmungen ist daher besonders interessant für PsychotherapeutInnen, MiterabeiterInnen und Pflegekräfte in der Altenarbeit sowie Betroffene und deren Angehörige. Es hilft bei der Selbsthilfe bei Depressionen im Alter und zeigt Wege auf, wie die Spiritualität und psychische Gesundheit zusammenhängen. Für mehr Lebensfreude im Alter!Die Lieder und Entspannungsübungen können aus dem eBook heraus heruntergeladen werden.