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Preparing for Life in School and Facilitating Positive Learning Behaviour - Secondary

This course aims to prepare you for your first few weeks in school, while exploring how to facilitate positive learning behaviour.

1,088 enrolled on this course

  • Duration

    3 weeks

  • Weekly study

    10 hours
Overview
Requirements

Explore the main theories of pedagogy and reflect on your own practice

This course introduces you to the teaching profession and helps you explore what it means to be a teacher. You’ll learn to identify how behaviour affects learning, explore effective strategies that promote learning, and will begin to question your own pedagogy while engaging in reflective practice.

What topics will you cover?

  • The importance of lesson preparation 
  • All aspects of planning for successful lessons – introduction, content, questioning, behaviour, pace, adapting teaching, assessment opportunities, conclusion  
  • What it means to be a professional, competent teacher 
  • Different approaches to behaviour management
  • Positive and negative influences on pupil behaviour 
  • How teacher behaviour impacts pupil behaviour

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...

  • Identify the components of an effective lesson plan
  • Develop an understanding of the attributes of an excellent teacher 
  • Develop a recognition of the Teachers’ Standards 
  • Explore the importance of establishing routines and expectations for effective learning 
  • Apply and critically evaluate school policies
  • Discuss how behaviour effects learning and be able to apply effective strategies to set high expectations  
  • Develop an understanding of the term ‘pedagogy’ with knowledge of the main theories
  • Reflect on your own pedagogy and start to become a reflective practitioner 

Who is the course 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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