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?
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.
What's included
7 videos7 readings1 peer review
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7 videos•Total 51 minutes
Clare's introduction to What future for education?•4 minutes
Lecture 1 How do we learn?•12 minutes
Lecture 2 How do we learn? cont'd•8 minutes
Lecture 3 How do we learn? cont'd•10 minutes
Lecture 4 How do we learn? optional extra•4 minutes
Lecture 5 How do we learn? optional cont'd•7 minutes
Lecture 6 How do we learn? optional cont'd•6 minutes
7 readings•Total 70 minutes
Syllabus•10 minutes
Grading•10 minutes
Glossary of Terms•10 minutes
How do we learn? (about week 1)•10 minutes
This week's readings (and lectures)•10 minutes
Let's discuss...•10 minutes
Reflections•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Journal entry for Week 1•120 minutes
What is intelligence and does it matter?
Module 2•3 hours to complete
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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.
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4 videos4 readings1 peer review
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4 videos•Total 37 minutes
Lecture 1 What is intelligence?•10 minutes
Lecture 2 What is intelligence cont'd•6 minutes
Lecture 3 What is intelligence cont'd•8 minutes
Lecture 4 What is intelligence cont'd•13 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
What is intelligence and does it matter? (about week 2)•10 minutes
This week's readings•10 minutes
Let's discuss...•10 minutes
Reflections•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Journal Entry for Week 2•120 minutes
What makes a good teacher?
Module 3•4 hours to complete
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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.
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6 videos4 readings1 peer review
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6 videos•Total 53 minutes
Lecture 1 What makes a good teacher?•7 minutes
Lecture 2 What makes a good teacher? cont'd•10 minutes
Lecture 3 What makes a good teacher? cont'd•8 minutes
Lecture 4 What makes a good teacher? cont'd•11 minutes
Lecture 5 What makes a good teacher? cont'd•9 minutes
Lecture 6 What makes a good teacher? cont'd•8 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
What makes a good teacher? (about week 3)•10 minutes
This week's readings•10 minutes
Let's discuss...•10 minutes
Reflections•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Journal entry for Week 3•120 minutes
Can schools make a difference?
Module 4•3 hours to complete
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In this fourth week, we turn our attention from individual classrooms and the relationship between learning and teaching, and focus on schools as organisations
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3 videos4 readings1 peer review
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3 videos•Total 19 minutes
Lecture 1 What makes a good school?•8 minutes
Lecture 2 What makes a good school? cont'd•4 minutes
Lecture 3 What makes a good school? cont'd•7 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
Can schools make a difference? (about week 4)•10 minutes
This week's readings•10 minutes
Let's discuss...•10 minutes
Reflections•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Journal entry for Week 4•120 minutes
Why do governments fund education?
Module 5•3 hours to complete
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In this penultimate week of the course we expand our discussion still further and consider the role education plays in our societies.
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6 videos4 readings1 peer review
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6 videos•Total 46 minutes
Lecture 1 What are governments' priorities for education?•8 minutes
Lecture 2 What are governments' priorities for education? cont'd•8 minutes
Lecture 3 What are governments' priorities for education? cont'd•6 minutes
Lecture 4 What are governments' priorities for education? cont'd•6 minutes
Lecture 5 What are governments' priorities for education? cont'd•7 minutes
Lecture 6 What are governments' priorities for education? cont'd•11 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
Why do governments fund education? (about week 5)•10 minutes
This week's readings•10 minutes
Let's discuss...•10 minutes
Reflections•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Journal entry for Week 5•120 minutes
What future for education?
Module 6•3 hours to complete
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In this final week of the course, we return to the question that started it all off: what future for education? The content is a little different this week, but the structure should be familiar to you.
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1 video4 readings1 peer review
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1 video•Total 2 minutes
Clare introduces Week 6•2 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
What future for education? (about week 6)•10 minutes
This week's TED talks•10 minutes
Let's discuss...•10 minutes
Reflections ... create your own TED talk•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Create your own "Ted Talk"•120 minutes
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Reviewed on May 27, 2020
Whether you're a new or experienced teacher, this course helps you understand education concepts deeper and on a more practical level. This is a must-take course for all aspiring teachers.
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Reviewed on Feb 27, 2019
I loved every moment of this course! It's quite informative and inspiring. I am personally looking forward to more Acheivment in education!!! Thank you UCL!
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Reviewed on Jan 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.
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