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.
What future for education?
What future for education?
Instructor: Dr Clare Brooks
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There are 6 modules in this course
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.
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7 videos7 readings1 peer review
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
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
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
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
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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Reviewed on Sep 20, 2015
Great course! I enjoyed it very much. I feel like it is slightly more directed at teachers and those who have a career in education, rather than individuals interested in the topic.
JB
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Reviewed on Feb 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.
M
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Reviewed on Feb 27, 2020
It is a very good way of enhancing our skills in dealing with the use of technology. Engaging in this course open my eyes in all issues in aspect of education. I've learned a lot. Thank You!
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