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Read on to learn which teacher education courses are available and how they will benefit you
Select one of these courses from our carefully curated list of online courses for educators, sit back and let the learning begin.
With the advent of the internet age, free online courses are becoming increasingly popular. Teacher Education is one of the avenues where a number of useful courses are offered by some of the leading academic institutions.
Read on to learn which teacher education courses are available, what topics they cover and how they will benefit you:
Learning to Teach: Making Sense of Learning to Teach
This free course, ‘Making sense of learning to teach’, is the first of four courses which comprise the Learning to Teach course series. It draws on collective experiences of the course designers about how people learn to become teachers. It explores the different approaches to teacher education and the different routes into teaching. It will help you to understand the philosophical and practical differences between the different approaches.
Becoming a Better Teacher: Exploring Professional Development
Grow your skills as a teacher and learn more about professional development for teachers with this online course on FutureLearn. This course has been developed by British Council in association with UCL Institute of Education and focusses on helping you develop your reflective skills and improve your practice in the classroom.
Bullying Prevention Training Course
Discover your role in bullying prevention! This training provides guidance on how to take a public health approach to bullying prevention through the use of long-term, community-wide prevention strategies. This USA Government website has important tips for teachers on preventing Cyberbullying too.
Quick Classroom Management Tips
Download this free guide to remaining calm and responding right when a student challenges. This guide from the Center for Teacher Effectiveness helps you learn how to maintain your self-control, avoid power struggles, defuse tough situations and keep your focus on teaching—and the students’ focus on learning.
Supporting Children with Difficulties in Reading and Writing
This course from Coursera is for teachers to learn why some children have so much difficulty with reading and writing, often called 'dyslexia', and to learn more about best practice in teaching literacy to all in light of recent scientific discoveries. This 6 -week online course has been created by the University of London, UCL Institute of Education and Dyslexia International.
Inquiry in the Science Classroom
This course from Intel Teach helps teachers transition from textbook science to authentic inquiry and also explore ways to develop students’ scientific thinking and practices. Intel® Teach helps K–12 teachers of all subjects engage students with digital learning, including digital content, Web 2.0, social networking, and online tools and resources.
Project-Based Approaches to learning
Via this course from Intel Teach, explore the features and benefits of project-based learning with classroom scenarios that help you to engage students with self-directed learning.
Put Design Thinking to Work – Virtual Crash Course
This virtual course from the d.school (a part of Stanford) helps you put Design Thinking to work and shows you how design thinking can be used for diverse work, but it is most easily adopted for the discovery phase of a project: when you are still seeking the meaningful problem to work on, or the right solution to pursue.
Creative Writing: A Master Class
Delve into the world of creative writing and hone your skills and knowledge on the craft with Creative Writing: A Master Class eCourse. Featuring a multi-media eTextbook, Creative Writing: Learning from the Masters and nearly 40 audio and video podcasts containing unique insights from more than 30 authors, this course pulls back the curtain on the writing process. Please note that this course material is only available in the iTunes U app on iPhone or iPad.
SWAYAM
SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and is designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged.
Teaching with Technology and Inquiry: An Open Course for Teachers
This online course is designed with K-12 teachers in mind. Teacher candidates, higher education instructors, and other educators may also find it relevant. In six weeks, you will discuss some of the major themes and challenges of integrating inquiry and technology as a community of practitioners.
Select one of these courses from our carefully curated list of online courses for educators, sit back and let the learning begin.
This story features in our November 2017 issue.