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Overview
A practical teaching qualification built on how learning actually works, covering planning, explanation, questioning and assessment in face-to-face and online settings. Assessed through real observed teaching.
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Aims of the Course
- Plan lessons with clear, assessable outcomes
- Explain complex ideas clearly to varied learners
- Question and assess to check understanding
- Create a classroom climate where error is safe
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Course Structure
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How Learning Works
- Memory and cognitive load
- Prior knowledge and misconceptions
- Motivation and self-efficacy
- Retrieval, spacing and interleaving
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Planning and Structure
- Writing learning outcomes
- Lesson structure and pacing
- Sequencing a scheme of work
- Resources and cognitive load
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Explanation and Modelling
- Clear explanation technique
- Worked examples and fading
- Demonstration and live modelling
- Analogies and their limits
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Questioning and Dialogue
- Question types and sequencing
- Wait time and cold calling
- Whole-class checking for understanding
- Handling wrong answers well
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Assessment and Feedback
- Formative assessment in the lesson
- Feedback that moves learning forward
- Marking efficiently
- Recording and responding to data
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Observed Teaching Practice
- Micro-teach delivery
- Peer and tutor observation
- Reflective practice cycle
- Action plan for development
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Learning Outcomes
- 01Plan a lesson with measurable outcomes
- 02Deliver an observed lesson to a professional standard
- 03Use questioning to diagnose understanding
- 04Give feedback that improves subsequent work
- 05Maintain a reflective teaching journal
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Assessment
- Observed teaching assessment
- Scheme of work and lesson plans
- Reflective practice portfolio
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Entry Requirements
- Open access; subject knowledge at the level you intend to teach
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Progression and Careers
- Teacher or trainer
- Private tutor
- Workshop facilitator