Acerca de este curso: The Foundations of Teaching for Learning programme is designed for teachers and educators of all abilities and backgrounds; from those who are new to the classroom and looking for development, to experienced teachers ready to reboot their skills for modern education. 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 professional skills, but your connection with colleagues across the globe. A professional development opportunity not to be missed. Curriculum is a framework for guiding teaching and learning. This course provides an opportunity for you to consider the relationship between the teacher, the learner and the curriculum. Enhance your course by joining the Commonwealth teaching community on our website, Facebook and Twitter.
Creada por: Commonwealth Education Trust
Enseñado por: Associate Professor Suseela Malakolunthu, Director of the Leadership for Learning and Research Network
University of Malaya, MalaysiaEnseñado por: Professor John MacBeath, Professor Emeritus
University of Cambridge, UK
| Compromiso | 3-4 hours per week |
| Idioma | English |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Getting to know the curriculum
This week introduces the course's emphasis on the relationship between the teacher and the curriculum. The sessions this week deal with three basic topics: the concept of curriculum, the teacher’s curriculum, and adapting to curriculum. These topics will help to broaden your understanding of curriculum and the ways in which it effects students’ experience.
5 videos, 6 lecturas
- Reading: Syllabus
- Reading: FAQ
- Reading: Grading and Logistics
- Reading: Portfolio
- Reading: Peer Assessment Overview
- Reading: Outline for Week One
- Vídeo: Lecture 1: The concept of Curriculum
- Vídeo: Lecture 2: Aspects of Curriculum
- Vídeo: Lecture 3: Teacher’s Curriculum
- Vídeo: Lecture 4: Adapting to Curriculum
Calificado: Quiz 1
SEMANA 2
Curriculum development
In this week we explore the fundamental issues of curriculum in greater depth, examining mechanisms that underpin the entire system of education in a country. The topics covered are: curriculum formulation, the need for curriculum, curriculum process, and administration of curriculum.
5 videos, 1 lectura
- Reading: Outline for Week Two
- Vídeo: Lecture 2: The Need for Curriculum
- Vídeo: Lecture 3: Curriculum Process
- Vídeo: Lecture 4: Management of the Curriculum
- Vídeo: Interview 1: Looking at weeks one and two
Calificado: Quiz 2
Calificado: Peer Assessment 1
SEMANA 3
Putting students first
The focus of this week is learning before teaching – putting students first. You will learn about the three-way relationship of the teacher, the curriculum, and the students. As a teacher, you have to be able to contextualize a curriculum that has been made available to you. The curriculum is a general set of content and pedagogic strategies which have to be made real, relevant, and as contextualized as possible for each and every one of the students. The topics to be covered this week are: the three-way relationship, learning as student-specific, theories of student learning, and student-centered teaching.
4 videos, 1 lectura
- Reading: Outline for Week Three
- Vídeo: Lecture 2: Learning is Student-Specific
- Vídeo: Lecture 3: Theories of Student Learning
- Vídeo: Lecture 4: Student-Centered Teaching
Calificado: Quiz 3
SEMANA 4
Putting Curriculum to Work
This week we will bring together some important aspects of teaching and learning that were discussed in the previous weeks. The sessions cover issues of interpretation, designing learning activities, planning lessons, and bringing lessons to life.
6 videos, 1 lectura
- Reading: Outline for Week Four
- Vídeo: Lecture 2: Designing Learning Activities
- Vídeo: Lecture 3: Planning the Lesson
- Vídeo: Lecture 4: Bringing Lessons to Life
- Vídeo: Copy of Lecture 1: Issues of Interpretation
- Vídeo: Interview two: Looking at weeks three and four
Calificado: Quiz 4
Calificado: Peer Assessment 2
SEMANA 5
Theories and Theorists
We will begin this week by briefly summarizing some philosophical insights into education which have hugely influenced curriculum. You can become a better teacher by learning about philosophical contributions to the practice of teaching. We present the idea of educational philosophy as a system of beliefs and values that affect thinking about education, how it may be conceived, and how it is engaged with by students and by teachers so as to produce desired outcomes.
4 videos, 1 lectura
- Reading: Outline for Week Five
- Vídeo: Lecture 2: Three Philosophies
- Vídeo: Lecture 3: Jerome Bruner
- Vídeo: Lecture 4: Paulo Freire
Calificado: Quiz 5
SEMANA 6
Optimizing Curriculum Outcomes
In this final week we will focus on four main topics: amplifying the role of curriculum, communities of learning, self-check, and the final dialogue. We will look at Lee Shulman’s theoretical work ‘pedagogical content knowledge’ (or PCK). Additionally, we will at collaborative learning and take a look at a powerful developing idea - the professional learning community. You will also reassess your knowledge of curriculum through a discussion of six key questions. Finally, we will reflect on what you will take away from the course.
4 videos, 1 lectura
- Reading: Outline for Week Six
- Vídeo: Lecture 2: Communities of Learning
- Vídeo: Lecture 3: Self Check
- Vídeo: Interview 3: Looking at weeks five and six
Calificado: Quiz 6
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Commonwealth Education Trust
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Very thorough insights into what a curriculum is and how it can be a great ally when teaching.
this course is very interesting to my
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Good way to become more aware of the nature of curriculum!