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Dr Clare Brooks

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UCL Institute of Education

What future for education?

University of London

About this Course

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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.   
Each week we will focus on one key question, using video lectures, key readings and challenges to explore some commonplace notions about education. With the guidance of the course team, you will be asked to use these ideas to critically reflect on your own understandings and experience. By the end of the course, you will have developed a personal response to the main question: what is your preferred future for education?

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Flexible deadlines

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Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

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Dr Clare Brooks

UCL Institute of Education, University of London

53,905 Learners

1 Course

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University of London

The University of London is a federal University which includes 17 world leading Colleges. With extensive experience in distance learning since 1858, University of London has enriched the lives of thousands of students, delivering high quality degrees across the globe. Today, University of London is a global leader in flexible study, offering degree programmes to over 45,000 students in over 190 countries, delivering world-leading research across the world. To find out more about University of London, 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).

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Content Rating98%(17,050 ratings)

Week1

Week 1

3 hours to complete

How do we learn?

3 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 51 min), 7 readings, 1 quiz

7 videos

Clare's introduction to What future for education?4mLecture 1 How do we learn?11mLecture 2 How do we learn? cont'd7mLecture 3 How do we learn? cont'd9mLecture 4 How do we learn? optional extra4mLecture 5 How do we learn? optional cont'd7mLecture 6 How do we learn? optional cont'd5m

7 readings

Syllabus10mGrading10mGlossary of Terms10mHow do we learn? (about week 1)10mThis week's readings (and lectures)10mLet's discuss...10mReflections10m

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

What is intelligence and does it matter?

2 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 37 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

What makes a good teacher?

3 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 53 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Can schools make a difference?

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 19 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

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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 BMDec 1, 2020

I learned a lot. Many concepts were new for me. It will be really helpful in my future journey as an Educationist. Thank you so much for such an informative course.

by TGAug 30, 2017

The course consists of interviews of various researchers at UCL on various topics such as how do we learn, what is a good school/teacher etc

by ARFeb 24, 2019

I deeply appreciated this course but felt like there could have been slightly more challenging assignments. However, I really did enjoy it and did it alongside two of my colleagues!

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