About this course: One focus of the course is to help you develop strong relationships with families to enable them to support children’s learning. Positive relationships with your students enable you not only to teach them but also to get to know them as individuals. Positive relationships with colleagues and school leaders are necessary to help the school improve. This course is part of the Foundations of Teaching for Learning program which is designed to assist people who are currently teaching but have had no formal teacher education improve their understanding of their role and work as a teacher. This set of courses will enhance your knowledge and understanding about learning and teaching and what makes a teacher a professional. Practical activities are provided to assist you in using what you have learned to improve your teaching practice. While these are optional, it is strongly recommended that you undertake them if at all possible. Of particular importance is a guide to the development of a portfolio to help you organize and document your thinking about what you have learned. In addition, you may be able to use the portfolio to access other opportunities in the future.

Created by: Commonwealth Education Trust

Taught by: Dr Fawaz Shareef, Director of the Institute for Research and Innovation
Villa College, Male, Maldives
Taught by: Professor Tony Townsend, Professor Educational Leadership
University of Tasmania/Griffith University, Australia
Taught by: Professor John MacBeath, Professor Emeritus
University of Cambridge, UK

Language	English
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
User Ratings	4.8 stars Average User Rating 4.8See what learners said

Syllabus

WEEK 1

The importance of relationships for educational settings

Relationships are critical to everything we do. They impact on our learning and how we see the curriculum and its assessment. They make a difference to our learning by ourselves and with others. They will enable us to work well, or not so well, with other peop...

4 videos, 4 readings

Graded: Quiz 1

WEEK 2

Developing positive teacher-student relationships

This week we are going to focus on establishing relationships with students. We will start by considering the connections between how and what we think and how we behave. Sometimes we behave habitually, but sometimes, if we want to change our habits, we have t...

5 videos, 1 reading

Graded: Quiz 2

Graded: Peer Assessment One

WEEK 3

Working with your colleagues and school leaders

This week we will focus on the concept of school improvement and effectiveness. There are several important factors that contribute to the success of a school. We will identify what these factors are, and look at each of them in detail. We start by looking at ...

4 videos, 1 reading

Graded: Quiz 3

WEEK 4

The importance of parent involvement for student success

This week we will consider the importance of establishing good relationships with the parents of your students. We will focus on why we need to involve parents in the education of their children and how we can go about it. The first two lectures are themed on ...

5 videos, 1 reading

Graded: Quiz 4

Graded: Peer Assessment Two

WEEK 5

It takes a whole village to educate a child: Working with your community

This week we consider the importance of looking beyond the school and establishing relationship with the outside community. Students are much more likely to do well if the community values education and provides good policies, appropriate levels of funding, an...

4 videos, 1 reading

Graded: Quiz 5

WEEK 6

Recognising diversity: Social, Cultural and Values differences in the school

This week you are going to have the opportunity to think about the issue of diversity in the classroom. Some of you might think that your classroom is not really a diverse place because all of the students come from your home country. However, diversity goes w...

5 videos, 1 reading

Graded: Quiz 6

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The Commonwealth Education Trust invests in primary and secondary education and the professional development of teachers throughout their careers. Through education it seeks to enhance the opportunities for children from all walks of life to contribute to the sustainable development of their communities.

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Rated 4.8 out of 5 of 39 ratings

its surely an excellent course.. has helped my understand so may things from a different perspective which is amazing.

Thanks ! Learnt a lot

Fascinating and a quite informative course.

well-organized and very helpful

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Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Developing Relationships

Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Developing Relationships

Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Developing Relationships