Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Learners and Learning
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Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Learners and Learning at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Learners and Learning at Coursera Highlights
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- Approx. 12 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Learners and Learning at Coursera Course details
- The Foundations of Teaching for Learning programme is for anyone who is teaching, or who would like to teach, in any subject and any context - be it at school, at home or in the workplace. With dynamic lessons taught by established and respected professionals from across the Commonwealth, this eight course programme will see you develop and strengthen your skills in teaching, professionalism, assessment, and more. As you carry on through the programme, you will find yourself strengthening not only your skills, but your connection with colleagues across the globe. A professional development opportunity not to be missed.
- The teacher?s work becomes meaningful when it is informed by research and theories of learning, and their relationship to actual practice. This course provides an opportunity for you to identify and understand students? expectations and prior learning.
- Enhance your course by joining the Commonwealth teaching community on our website, Facebook and Twitter.
Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Learners and Learning at Coursera Curriculum
The lives of children
Introduction to Learners and Learning
Lecture 1.1: Who are the learners?
Lecture 1.2: Issues of identity
Lecture 1.3: Boys and girls
Lecture 1.4: The multicultural classroom
Syllabus
Grading and Logistics
Outline for Week One
Quiz 1
How children learn
Lecture 2.1: Self confidence and self esteem
Lecture 2.2: The concept of 'agency'
Lecture 2.3: Differentiating learning and teaching
Lecture 2.4: Rules and roles
Interview 1: Looking at weeks one and two
Outline for Week Two
Quiz 2
Engaging with students
Lecture 3.1: Language in the classroom
Lecture 3.2: Rewarding and celebrating achievement
Lecture 3.3: Questioning in the classroom
Lecture 3.4: Working in pairs, triads, and groups
Outline for Week Three
Quiz 3
The power of the peer group
Lecture 4.1: Understanding peer groups
Lecture 4.2: Smoking, alcohol, drugs and peer pressure
Lecture 4.3: Bullying
Lecture 4.4: Labeling
Interview 2: Looking at weeks three and four
Outline for Week Four
Quiz 4
Learning that travels
Lecture 5.1: Learning in the home
Lecture 5.2: Homework
Lecture 5.3: Transitions
Lecture 5.4: The uses and value of indicators
Outline for Week Five
Quiz 5
Four key thinkers
Lecture 6.1: PaiObanya
Lecture 6.2: David Perkins
Lecture 6.3: Lev Vygotsky
Lecture 6.4: Abraham Maslow
Interview 3: Looking at weeks five and six
Outline for Week Six
Quiz 6
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