Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
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Learn the differences in opinion and perception of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and the role of student teachers. Understand effective student teacher learning and gain insights into the process of learning to teach. Explore various approaches to teacher education and routes into teaching, while considering the implications of research on students’ experiences. Enhance your understanding of the philosophical and practical differences between these approaches. Start your journey towards becoming a skilled teacher with this comprehensive course.
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.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Know the differences in opinion about what Initial Teacher Education (ITE) is trying to achieve
Understand the differences in perception of the student teachers’ role in ITE
Recognise some of the ways in which these differences manifest themselves in the UK
Understand effective student teacher learning and how students themselves perceive the process of learning to teach.
