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Humanities, social sciences & education · 78Beginner

Teacher & Educator

Teachers, future teachers or trainers.

Learning, memory and emotions through neuroscience, teaching writing, then transforming education systems.

243hours of coursework
25weeks at 10 h
3steps
13courses
3universities

Target skills

Instructional StrategiesTeachingEmpowermentStudent-Centred LearningResearch MethodologiesPedagogyChild DevelopmentHuman LearningPsychologyAnatomyEmpathyNon-Verbal Communication

Skill labels as listed on Coursera.

Target jobs

  • Teacher
  • Trainer
  • Teaching adviser

Progression

  1. 1
    University of CambridgeBeginner

    Stated prerequisites: Interest in psychology

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  2. 2
    Johns Hopkins UniversityBeginner

    Stated prerequisites: Teaching experience helpful

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    CourseLevelLengthRating (reviews)
    Teaching Writing ProcessBeginner20 h4.6 (49)
    Teaching Reluctant WritersBeginner15 h—
    Teaching Texts and FormsBeginner21 h—
    Responding, Revising and Assessing Student WritingsBeginner21 h—
    Teaching Writing Final ProjectBeginner21 h—
  3. 3
    University of MichiganBeginner

    Stated prerequisites: Some related experience recommended

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    CourseLevelLengthRating (reviews)
    Series Orientation: Transforming EducationBeginner3 h4.8 (37)
    Envisioning Educational TransformationBeginner31 h4.8 (15)
    Reimagining Educational InnovationBeginner31 h4.9 (24)
    Practicing Collaborative, Continuous ImprovementBeginner31 h5.0 (16)

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Projects to build

After step 1

Memory-based lesson

Design a lesson sequence that applies spaced retrieval and interleaving.

After step 2

Writing workshop

Run a writing workshop and assess the work with an annotated rubric.

After step 3

School improvement plan

Propose a continuous improvement cycle for a real problem in a school.

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