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Looking Back to Plan for the Future - Secondary

Examine how reflective attitudes and critical thinking can help to audit, set targets and inform your approach to teaching.

835 enrolled on this course

  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    10 hours
Overview
Requirements

Reflect on your own learning and CPD and prepare for your ECT years

This course will introduce you to expectations for your induction for early career teachers (ECT). It will aim to encourage and support you in taking responsibility for your own learning and continued professional development.

You will have the opportunity to reflect on your lesson plans to review how your knowledge of your subject, curriculum and pedagogy have developed throughout your training. You will also have the chance to evaluate the principles of effective teaching and learning and what it means to be a professional teacher.

What topics will you cover?

  • Development of your subject knowledge, understanding of the curriculum you teach and teaching pedagogies
  • The importance of regularly auditing subject and curriculum knowledge
  • Understanding what critical thinking is and how it can influence and inform your approach to planning
  • What you can expect in your ECT years and understanding the Early Career Framework
  • What appraisal and performance management look like
  • Completing your personal CPD

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Evaluate the principles of effective teaching and learning and what it means to be a professional teacher
  • Explain how reflective attitudes and critical thinking can influence and inform your approach to teaching for learning
  • Reflect on your Subject Audits and your needs in order to prepare yourself for teaching during your ECT years
  • Identify targets for future development and complete a training plan for your ECT years

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for PGCE trainees.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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