Description This course is designed to offer a deeper understanding of class dynamics, students’ well-being, learning success, and family involvement in inclusive schools. “We are all special” reflects the attitude that educators may use in…
Description The tensions, alliances, and relational struggles among students can interfere with learning and create an unfavorable school environment. This course has been created for teachers who want to understand group dynamics and how they…
Description Inclusive education can be seen as a process of strengthening the capacity of an educational system to reach out to all learners in the community. This course has been tailored for teachers dealing with…
Description This course is for teachers working with students with special educational needs in mainstream and special education schools. The course has been tailored to meet the needs of teachers by providing teaching and assessment…
Description This course refers to teachers working in diverse classrooms due to the presence of disadvantaged learners, including migrant and immigrant students and children with special educational needs. Diversity challenges traditional teaching strategies and methods…
Description In the time of globalization, cultures and identities constantly blend in the classroom. Teachers face classrooms full of students from different backgrounds and needs. In order to fight discrimination and prejudice, they are required…
Description This course is for teachers working in multicultural classes. Diversity challenges traditional teaching strategies and asks for innovative solutions. This introductory course will address issues such as: how is it possible to create a…
Description The growing prevalence of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) poses challenges for all teachers. The very tasks these students find the most difficult – e.g. concentrating, coping…
Description Rapidly changing life conditions and the polarization of society are raising the complexity of today’s life, from childhood to adulthood, and bringing more chaos and conflict to it. Students also suffer from increased complexity…
Description If it is true that over 10 % of all people show signs of dyslexia (1), you as language teachers are likely to have some students in your classes who are dyslexic at various…
Description We are trained to be teachers, not psychologists, yet day by day we cope with learners whose behavior and performance have been deeply affected by all kinds of social and personal trauma. How can…
Description School education is growingly recognizing the importance of fostering understanding, empathy, and acceptance for individuals of diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. However, educators often lack the necessary knowledge and capacities to address these…
Description Social, emotional, and behavioral factors hugely affect academic performance. As growing research shows, schools can do a lot to support pupils and students in developing their socio-emotional and behavioral learning (SEB). In fact, when…
Description Unfortunately, (cyber)bullying can appear anywhere, anytime. Students (and sometimes even teachers) are subject to bullying in schools. It may lead to early school leaving and can affect mental and physical health, as well as…
Description Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and safety skills education strengthen children’s self-esteem, self-awareness, and self-respect. It promotes children’s interaction skills, and supports relationships with others. Children learn how to act in difficult situations, and…
Description Discipline issues are the main obstacle to creating a classroom environment conducive to learning and academic achievement and can also lead to serious work satisfaction and mental health issues for both new and experienced…
Description Your school is the space where you spend a lot of your time. Your colleagues and the staff of your school are part of your life, and as part of a larger family, you…
Description In a diverse educational environment, the school staff is challenged on several fronts. Firstly, equal opportunities and participation should be ensured for all students. Secondly, possible conflicts, which arise from diversity, must be tackled…
Description Globalized societies often require teachers to work with students from various cultural backgrounds. Nowadays the frequent migration of entire populations caused by global economic change and war is making such a challenge even more…
Description Inclusive education and modern pedagogies presuppose teachers’ capacity to adapt their teaching to the individual needs of each student. Yet this can be written easily on paper, but hard – if not impossible –…
Description All European schools differ from one another, but at the same time, they struggle with similar issues. Among these, it seems that discrimination and bullying are some of the most diffused and dangerous problems.…
Description In schools dealing with high migration emergencies, teachers often face several serious challenges. Not only do they lack linguistic resources to integrate foreign students into the learning activities of their usual classroom, but they…
Description Gender fluid, non-binary, pansexuality, gender identity… are just some of the concepts that you have surely started to hear from the media or from your students. Don’t get left behind! Updating is vital if…
Description “If the sky is only one, why is the earth fragmentary?” The question from a novel by Gianni Rodari – one of the main Italian authors of children’s literature – describes properly the challenge…
Description Everyday school teachers wear good faces and fill in their boxes of teaching tools with the most varied offer to engage their students. Are you one of those? Then you certainly know that good…
Description As society and the labor market develop, it is increasingly important for young people to be able to bear responsibilities and make autonomous decisions. Hence, teachers also need to acquire the capacity to encourage…
Description Children with learning difficulties and mental or neuropsychiatric disorders may pose particular challenges to teachers who are not familiar with their special needs. This course will introduce you to the 3-staged model that the…
Gain more knowledge about the characteristics of a happy mindset and establish routines that lead to joyful days, and practice the 4C’s of education to know and review these vital skills for success in school and beyond.
Gain proficiency in seamlessly incorporating AI tools into teaching, addressing bias, adapting materials for accessibility, and crafting customized activities. The course aims to equip you to effectively leverage the educational potential of AI, understand its limitations, and adeptly manage associated challenges.
You will acquire an understanding of the therapeutic power of visual arts and their importance in teaching students with special needs. You will have an opportunity to participate in activities focusing on personal experience, self-expression, and proper response techniques that ensure student engagement and, therefore, long-lasting retention of knowledge.
You will discover how to transcend language and cultural barriers in order to create a completely inclusive environment, sensible to residual effects of trauma and relocation. You will learn to define and promote common values within a diverse environment and to overcome socio-cultural challenges through collaborative art forms.
You will learn how to create a healthy learning environment where bullying and discrimination prevention will be taken care of. In addition, you will get inspired on how to integrate ICT into class, and you will practice methodologies to understand prejudice, prevent conflicts, manage emotions, and foster a better school environment.
Description There is no doubt, we are now living in a global village. The boundaries between states have faded, and each day, more and more people travel around the world to study, work, or migrate…
Description Traditional communication at school often lacks the power to connect the students in the classroom and bridge the gap between them and the teachers. Accordingly, it also falls short of dealing with recurrent issues…
Description How can a trauma-affected child be taken into account at school? What can an individual do? In recent years, many educators have been thinking about how to support trauma-affected children and young people. In…
Description Teaching in a multicultural classroom has become the norm for almost all teachers around the globe. Monocultural classrooms are rare nowadays and 21st-century educators face the challenge of creating a safe learning and teaching…
Description In a world where life is getting more and more complicated, conventional education is losing ground. This course proposes a novel approach to education – i.e., one that can bring learning to life, and…
Description In the current educational landscape, traditional classrooms are no longer the exclusive venues for purposeful and engaging learning. Nowadays, learning occurs in diverse settings, encompassing physically distanced classrooms, online learning spaces, hybrid environments accommodating…
Description Is education keeping up with the pace of technological progress? Can educators effectively bridge this new digital gap and harness Artificial Intelligence’s potential with inclusion in mind? Has AI brought a definite end to…
Description Educators in today’s schools support students with diverse learning needs. It can be challenging to design learning opportunities that meet the needs of such a wide variety of learners. The Universal Design for Learning…
Description One in ten students – European statistics reveal – leaves school too early, which means without having the skills and qualifications needed to make a successful transition to the labor market. This means that…
Description Every teacher knows it: positive group dynamics in a classroom are fundamental for the success of group activities as well as for individual academic success. Thus, establishing a collaborative environment, where everybody feels safe…
Description Working with teenagers has always been challenging and, today, the generation gap between “adults” and “teenagers” seems to be even bigger. Educators often struggle to understand teenagers’ real needs and to respond to them.…
Description Do you aspire to provide your students with inclusive educational environments that fully accommodate their diversity – broadly conceived? In this course, you will learn to design this sort of environment following the principles…