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The Open University

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

This free course, Making sense of learning to teach, is the first of four courses which comprise the course Learning to teach. It draws on what we know about how people learn to become teachers. It explores the different approaches to teacher education and the different routes into teaching. It will help you to understand the philosophical and practical differences between the different approaches. It draws on research about students' experiences of learning to teach and considers the implications of this in designing teacher education programmes.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Views of learning to teach
  • 1 Views of learning to teach
  • 1.1 Four paradigms
  • 1.2 Differences between the paradigms
  • 1.3 The role of student teachers in ITE
  • 1.4 Transmission approach
  • 1.5 Student teacher-centred approach
  • 2 Different routes into teaching in the UK
  • 2 Different routes into teaching in the UK
  • 2.1 Who designs, delivers and monitors the course
  • 3 Qualifications
  • 3 Qualifications
  • 4 School experience
  • 4 School experience
  • 5 What students say about learning to teach?
  • 5 What students say about learning to teach?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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    Abel José Andrade Corrêa
    Excellent course. It opens a new perspective on the desire to be a teacher and know how to teach. It broadens the field of vision and the expectations of being one step ahead of many others who "are" teachers.

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