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Planning Collaboratively - Secondary

Delve deeper into general and subject pedagogy and explore how to plan teaching to support all pupils’ education.

831 enrolled on this course

  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    10 hours
Overview
Requirements

Explore the importance of collaboration in supporting pupil progress

This course will give you the opportunity to develop your understanding of the importance of collaboration with the wider staffing body in a school and what is meant by collaborative planning and teaching.

You will have the chance to explore the work of Kolb and how it might influence the development of your teaching. You will be encouraged to identify and recognise how to effectively analyse and assess subject and curriculum development to inform how best to support pupil progress. You will also be encouraged to collaborate with colleagues in order to maximise pupil learning.

What topics will you cover?

  • Identifying and understanding what is meant by collaborative planning and teaching
  • Planning and observing a lesson for a colleague
  • Adapting existing lesson plans for your pupils
  • Accepting feedback from expert colleagues throughout the training journey
  • The work of Kolb and how it influences the development of teaching
  • Professionally managing discussions and conflicting opinions between staff members, parents and the senior leadership team
  • Researching gaps in curriculum or subject knowledge – planning ahead for your own subject knowledge
  • How pastoral staff can influence and contribute to classroom practice
  • Planning to use support staff effectively in the classroom to maximise pupil learning and progress

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...

  • Collaborate with teaching colleagues in planning and contributing to departmental aims and objectives
  • Engage critically and positively with feedback and work collaboratively with others
  • Explain the importance of reflecting upon alternative perspectives and possibilities in teaching
  • Investigate pre and post phase curriculum research and critical evaluation
  • Engage in constructive self-reflection and response to underpin self-study
  • Evaluate and take responsibility for your learning through reflective analysis and critical thinking
  • Demonstrate a critical understanding of developments in the subject and curriculum areas, and promote the value of scholarship
  • Explore how schools work most effectively to support pupil progress and link pastoral and academic roles to pupil progress

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

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  • 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
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