User:Jordipicazo/sandbox

JORDI PICAZO[edit]

Jordi Picazo read English Language & Literature at the University of Barcelona. He has taught EFL and ELE (Spanish as a Foreign Language) for 25+ years. From 1990-94 he lived in London where he pursued Doctorate studies at Birkbeck College, University of London on the Social Psychology of language and taught Spanish and other subjects in English Schools as a DfE (Department for Education) Qualified Teacher (QTS in the UK), including Harrow School. Harrow School, together with Eton, is the most famous school in the UK, and one of the leading schools in the World. Jordi Picazo is a registered Journalist in the Catalonian Institute of Journalists (Il.lustre Col.legi de periodistes de Catalonia) and the UK Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIoJ), and he writes on issues of humane interest for digital national media. His investigative interests hover around issues related to Faith and Reason, Faith and Culture, Secularism and non-religion, aggressive laicist public policies, the family, etc. He has also been in business and has worked as a sales representative for Private Insurance and Banking Products and Management of Assets. From 1980 to 1994 he has volunteered in youth clubs and parish churches both in London and Spain, fostering the Christian values and learning from them, as a certified youth leader. ==== JOURNALISM[edit]

Jordi Picazo regularly contributes to www.religionenlibertad.com and www.forumlibertas.com. He also contributes occasionally to www.zenit.org. PROFESSIONAL BODIES[edit] Member of Il.lustre Col.legi de Periodistes de Catalunya, Spain, the Chartered Institute of Journalists, UK, and RNA (Religion Newswriters Association), USA.

BLOGS AND FORUMS[edit] He manages and writes some Blogs and websites among which are www.roterdamus.com, www.Scribd.com, www.academia.edu. LATEST SEMINARS ATTENDED[edit] § International Seminar for Journalists: communicating religion in Francis papacy. Santa Croce Pontifical University, Rome. January 2016 § International Seminar for Journalists: communicating religion for staff of Diocesan Communication offices. Santa Croce Pontifical University, Rome. April 2016 § Annual Convention, RNA, Philadelphia, August 2015 BUSINESS[edit]

DIRECTOR - OWNER[edit] He manages “English Tutors by Jordi Picazo” and "Español Total by Jordi Picazo" Some related pages are: www.englishtutors.es www.facebook.com/englishtutorsbyjordipicazo www.facebook.com/espanoltotalbyjordipicazo BROKER[edit] § Forum Filatélico SA - October 2003 – May 2006: I commercialize Philately assets for this Investment Company and manage clients' portfolio. § Agrupació Mútua del Comerç i la Indústria - March 2002 – June 2004 (2 years 4 months): I commercialize financial and health insurance products. BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL BODIES[edit | edit source] AED – Spanish Association of Business Managers TEACHING[edit]

TEACHING TIMELINE 1986 – Present[edit] § SPEH SA, November 2008 – June 2010 (1 year 8 months), Barcelona; Escola Meritxell, September 2005 – November 2008 (3 years 3 months), Mataró – Barcelona; § Harrow School, Middlesex, UK, August 1992 – July 1994; § Saint Dominic's 6th Form College, Middlesex, UK, September 1990 – July 1994; § Col.legi Dauradell, September 1986 – August 1990 Badalona – Barcelona; § Escola Mireia, September 1986 – August 1987, Montgat – Barcelona § ENGLISH TUTORS- CEO and OWNER. Online 1:1 Language Coach for Professionals. DIRECTOR OF STUDIES § Colegio Internacional Europa, April 1997 – September 1998, Sant Cugat del Vallès,Barcelona; Novalingua S.L., June 1996 – June 1997, Barcelona. === ASSISTANT EXAMINER === § University of London - July 1993 – August 1995 London, United Kingdom LANGUAGES[edit]

· ENGLISH - Native or bilingual proficiency · CATALAN - Native or bilingual proficiency · SPANISH - Native or bilingual proficiency · FRENCH - Professional working proficiency · ITALIAN - Limited working proficienc · READS: PORTUGUESE HONOURS AND AWARDS[edit]

· Teacher - Student grant, St John’s College, Oxford University to take up a period of study and research for my PhD program from Birkbeck College, University of London. Oxford University - April 1992 · FIRST PRIZE – PHOTOGRAPHY. Ayuntamiento Sant Pau de Seguries, El Ripollès, Girona. August 2004 · FIRST PRIZE – PHOTOGRAPHY. Campaña Mataro-Valors del Ayuntamiento de Mataró en Concurso Instagram: "Mataró Sostenibilidad". Associació Valors. May 2014 · FIRST PRIZE – PHOTOGRAPHY. Campaña Mataro-Valors del Ayuntamiento de Mataró en Concurso Instagram Noviembre: "Mataró Iniciativa". Associació Valors. November 2014 · Full-Grant to attend 2015 Annual RNA (Religion Newswriters Association) Convention in Philadelphia, August 2015. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS[edit | edit source] § QTS - Qualified Teacher Status - Department for Education, UK License 9006920, Starting September 1989 - § Leisure Youth Leader - Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Starting May 1980 - EDUCATION[edit]

COLLEGE[edit] - Birkbeck College, U. of London: Ph.D., Social Psychology of Language, Ongoing. 1991 –[edit | edit source] § Bilingualism § Language Testing § Sociolinguistics § Computing for Language Teachers § Multiculturalism and Multilingualism: UK and Canada § Language in Education § Psycholinguistics § Statistics applied to Linguistic Research v Universidad de Navarra § Fundamentos de Pedagogía Familiar § Teoría General del Matrimonio § Antropología de la Esponsalidad y de la Conyugalidad § Antropología Filosófica - Universitat de Barcelona:[edit | edit source] § Modern Philology - a 5-year Degree, English Language & Literature and Linguistics, High Second grade. 1981 – 1986 § Master's Degree, ICE - Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación: Enseñanza del inglés en secundaria., Post Graduate Certificate in Education. 1985 – 1986 POSTGRADUATE COURSES[edit] - Institut de Ciències de l' Educació - ICE University of Barcelona[edit | edit source] § Quantitative Linguistic Analysis § Three Individualistic Writers: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman and Henry James § La Cultura Mundana del Barroco § La Tragedia y el Hombre moderno - Shakespeare y Calderón. MOOC COURSES[edit] § Coming-to-Canada Office: Q1 2015: Create an Expert LinkedIn Profile for Job Search: 40 Hours § University of Saskatchewan: Q1 2015: Introduction to Learning Technologies - 60 Hours. § Canvas Network MOOC Courses: Q2 2015: 30 Days of TED - 40 Hours. § Stanford University: Q3 2015: Open Knowledge Changing the Global Course of Learning. § University of Washington: Q3 2014: Introduction to Public Speaking: Impromptu Speaking § University of Strathclyde: Q3 2014: Introduction to Journalism § University of Southampton: Q3 2014: Digital Marketing § Teachers Without Borders: Q2 2014: Educating Girls § University of Delaware: Q1 2014: Phoneography § University of Utah: Q1 2014: Introduction to Flipping the Classroom § Stanford University: Q1 2014: Technology Applications in Education INDEPENDENT STUDY[edit] § Historia de la Filosofía Atigua § Historia de la Filosofía Medieval § Teoría del Conocimiento § Filosofía de la Naturaleza § Antropología Filosófica § Lógica § Ética § Metafísica § Historia de la Filosofía Moderna § Historia de la Filosofía Contemporánea § Teodicea § Filosofía de la Ciencia