Education

Short courses and professional development

Course Description
Assessment For Learning: The Inquiring Teacher Student-centred learning and peer learning principles for teachers.
Directing a Musical A one-day masterclass for teachers on directing musicals by director Sean Mee.
Integrating New Digital Technologies in Teaching and Learning This module explores new technologies including robotics and video games in classrooms.
Mentoring for Effective Teaching Students develop professionally by conducting analysis of their own mentoring practices against evidence of effective mentoring practices.
Philosophical Inquiry: Facilitating thinking in the classroom This course provides an overview of the discipline of Philosophy, and the skills needed by teachers to introduce Philosophy within schools.
Philosophy in Education: from Theory to Practice This module is for those who have some understanding of Philosophy in the classroom and who would like to know more about Philosophy itself.
Primary Mathematics Curriculum Innovations This module will help participants identify current issues in the teaching of primary mathematics education.
Professional Learning and Science Education: Early Years/Primary Years/Secondary Years This module provides a case analysis of science teaching and learning issues using the teachers as classroom examples.
Professional Learning and Science Education: National Curriculum (Early Years/Primary Years/Secondary Years) This module explores the implementation and assessment of national curriculum in the sciences.
Teaching for Ethical Behaviour: Philosophy in Education Aristotle argued that what sets people apart from other living things is their capacity to think and acquire wisdom. The study of philosophy in schoo
Technical Innovations in Practice This module is for teachers in schools faced with the need to develop novel pedagogical approaches in response to ICT policy directors and resource provision.
Technology and Change In Secondary Mathematics: Probability, Modelling and Problem-Solving This course provides secondary mathematics teachers with the skills to use technology when teaching select topics, in order to meet QSA syllabus objectives.