How we teach has its foundation in how we were taught and how we learned. This course provides an opportunity for you to reflect on your personal and professional development as a teacher.

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction to Being a Teacher

    2. Syllabus

    3. Lecture 1: What does a teacher do?

    4. Thinkpiece: Questioning Techniques

    5. Lecture 2: What makes a teacher effective?

    6. Thinkpiece: Authentic Intellectual Work: What and Why

    7. Lecture 3: How can I best improve my skills?

    8. Thinkpiece: What is a Professional Learning Community?

    9. Lecture 4: What is a philosophy of education?

    10. Thinkpiece: Thinking about my philosophy of education.

    1. Lecture 2.1

    2. Thinkpiece: 20 questions

    3. Lecture 2.2

    4. Thinkpiece: 10 reasons to be a teacher

    5. Lecture 2.3

    6. Thinkpiece: Understanding classroom interaction

    7. Lecture 2.4

    8. Thinkpiece: Questioning in the Classroom

    9. Interview Tony Townsend

    1. Lecture 3.1

    2. Thinkpiece: Basil Bernstein’s Restricted and Elaborated Codes

    3. Lecture 3.2

    4. Thinkpiece: At the blackboard

    5. Lecture 3.3

    6. Thinkpiece: Conditions for learning

    7. Lecture 3.4

    8. Thinkpiece: How does my classroom support or constrain learning?

    1. Lecture 4.1

    2. Lecture 4.2

    3. Watch the video Skin colour; The way kids see it

    4. Lecture 4.3

    5. Thinkpiece: Penalising Boys

    6. Lecture 4.4

    7. Interview with Professor John MacBeath

About this course

  • 34 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • develop and strengthen your skills in teaching, professionalism and assessment.

  • understand the influences on learning.

  • understand the impacts on my learning.

  • understand my learning environment.

Certification

You will receive a certificate of completion of the Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Being a Teacher course. You will receive 5 SACE points.

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