Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Supporting Successful Learning in Primary School
This online course explored theories underlying behaviours that impact teaching and learning. It covered how children learn, the learning environment and communication in primary school; and how these principles can be translated into current working practices to build confidence and understanding.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Helen Bilton
Professor of Outdoor Learning
University of Reading
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge and confidence to work more effectively in supporting and teaching children in early years and primary.
- Apply the course as a tool for teaching and classroom support.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the advice available to consider teaching as a career.
Syllabus
Week 1: You and others
- An introduction to values, beliefs and attitudes
- Understanding the unconscious
- Looking at your own biases and reflecting upon them
- Reflecting on your own values
Week 2: How people learn
- An introduction to how people learn
- Exploring a child’s view of their environment through their eyes, as well as hearing about their world views
- Looking at the expectations we have of children
- Building on what children know and what they should know
Week 3: The environment for learning
- An introduction to the learning environment and what it consists of
- Exploring misconceptions about managing a classroom and finding out what teaching is like in reality
- Introduction of student behaviour through a case study: The sofa
- Understanding the psychology behind primary and secondary behaviours
Week 4: Communication, language and literacy
- Introduction to aspects of communication within teaching
- Learners to take part in activities that include communicating and listening
- Exploring the importance of asking the right question
- Share examples of good practice
- How to plan effective questions for the classroom
Hear from our course team
You can take this course at any time. However, if you’d like to engage with the course team, our educators/mentors will be joining the course discussions during the following dates:
• 29 March 2021 – 25 April 2021 • 12 July 2021 – 8 August 2021 • 25 October 2021 – 21 November 2021
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Issued on 7th July 2026
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