Through this course you will start to critically examine your own ideas about education, teaching and learning. The critique will be developed through engagement with theories and ideas developed through educational research. You will be encouraged to use these ideas to challenge or support your own ideas about education.
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UCL Institute of Education
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Subtitles: French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, English, Spanish
Learner Career Outcomes
43%
started a new career after completing these courses
32%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Approx. 14 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, English, Spanish
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University of London
The University of London is a federal University which includes 18 world leading Colleges. Our distance learning programmes were founded in 1858 and have enriched the lives of thousands of students, delivering high quality University of London degrees wherever our students are across the globe. Our alumni include 7 Nobel Prize winners. Today, we are a global leader in distance and flexible study, offering degree programmes to over 50,000 students in over 180 countries. To find out more about studying for one of our degrees where you are, visit www.london.ac.uk
UCL Institute of Education
The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) is the world's leading centre for education and social science research, teaching, and engagement. Founded in 1902, the Institute currently has more than 8,000 students and 800 staff. In December 2014 it became a single-faculty school of UCL, called the UCL Institute of Education (IOE).
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
3 hours to complete
How do we learn?
This week we focus on the important question of "how do we learn?". One of our aims this week is to demonstrate the learning approach of this course as well as to get you to think about how you have learnt in the past, and to question some of your own assumptions about learning.
3 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 51 min), 7 readings, 1 quiz
7 videos
Lecture 1 How do we learn?11m
Lecture 2 How do we learn? cont'd7m
Lecture 3 How do we learn? cont'd9m
Lecture 4 How do we learn? optional extra4m
Lecture 5 How do we learn? optional cont'd7m
Lecture 6 How do we learn? optional cont'd5m
7 readings
Syllabus10m
Grading10m
Glossary of Terms10m
How do we learn? (about week 1)10m
This week's readings (and lectures)10m
Let's discuss...10m
Reflections10m
2 hours to complete
What is intelligence and does it matter?
In this second week of the course we focus on the tricky issue of intelligence. In the resources this week, we explore what we mean by intelligence and how it can affect learning and educational success.
2 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 37 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz
4 videos
Lecture 2 What is intelligence cont'd5m
Lecture 3 What is intelligence cont'd7m
Lecture 4 What is intelligence cont'd13m
4 readings
What is intelligence and does it matter? (about week 2)10m
This week's readings10m
Let's discuss...10m
Reflections10m
3 hours to complete
What makes a good teacher?
In the third week of this course, we turn our attention from learning to teaching. In the resources this week we explore our images of "good" teachers and consider where these images come from.
3 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 53 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz
6 videos
Lecture 2 What makes a good teacher? cont'd9m
Lecture 3 What makes a good teacher? cont'd8m
Lecture 4 What makes a good teacher? cont'd11m
Lecture 5 What makes a good teacher? cont'd9m
Lecture 6 What makes a good teacher? cont'd7m
4 readings
What makes a good teacher? (about week 3)10m
This week's readings10m
Let's discuss...10m
Reflections10m
2 hours to complete
Can schools make a difference?
In this fourth week, we turn our attention from individual classrooms and the relationship between learning and teaching, and focus on schools as organisations
2 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 19 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz
3 videos
Lecture 2 What makes a good school? cont'd4m
Lecture 3 What makes a good school? cont'd6m
4 readings
Can schools make a difference? (about week 4)10m
This week's readings10m
Let's discuss...10m
Reflections10m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM WHAT FUTURE FOR EDUCATION?
by TAJan 7, 2020
Very good course. I enjoyed it from the moment I started. Just one review, some of the talks were too long, and not very integrating. Try to create a better variety of different learning materials.
by JBFeb 5, 2017
Insightful and reflective material; great facilitators. The sessions were a little less engaging in between because the facilitators didn't talk to/engage the user but were talking between them.
by AGApr 2, 2016
Really helped to reflect my thoughts on education and how can we improve it. Got some peer reviews and they were really motivating and I am thankful for such great peer review system to Coursera
by EMSep 7, 2016
A really excellent course - well delivered, informative and insightful. I would highly recommend this for anyone working within the education space, whether a new practitioner or experienced.
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