Teaching Methods

Discover innovative techniques and strategies that will invigorate your classroom and create a dynamic learning environment.

Delve into a wide range of teaching methods, including active learning, cooperative learning, differentiated instruction, and project-based learning.

Explore how to integrate technology effectively into your teaching, utilize multimedia resources, and adapt your methods to accommodate diverse learning styles and abilities.

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Classroom Management Solutions for Teachers: New Methodologies, Effective Motivation, Cooperation and Evaluation Strategies

Learn about the latest classroom management techniques that encourage discussion and problem-solving, and become familiar with the concept of a flipped classroom and other teaching methods centered on boosting motivation.

21st Century Skills for Teachers and Students

Discover new methods to help your students meet, not only the requirements of their educational curriculum, but also those of the modern, increasingly faster society.

From STEM to STEAM Education: a New Learning Approach

Description To keep pace with complex societies and jobs, educational environments should provide students with learning opportunities that integrate a variety of disciplines and skills. There has been an increased investment in multidisciplinary initiatives in…

Game-Based Learning and Gamification in the Classroom

Description Everybody loves to play games: they are engaging, immersive, and fun. Thus, can we make our educational activities just as exciting and rewarding? This is “gamification”, that is, the inclusion of elements of game…

Integrating AI in the Classroom With Critical Thinking

Description As AIs continue to appear on the web and multiply their areas of expertise, it’s likely that students will encounter them more often in the future. It actually is very likely that we will…

Brain-Based Learning: Understand How Students Really Learn

Discover ways to improve and accelerate teaching and to ensure long-lasting knowledge retention by questioning conventional teaching methods and replacing them with fun and creative practices that promote student engagement.

Design Learning Spaces for the 21st Century Classroom

Develop an understanding of how the physical classroom influences the learning experience and behavior, and reflect on the outdatedness of the traditional, teacher-centered psychology, in favor of one that encourages student agency.

Introduction to the Finnish Education Model

Description Have you ever wondered why Finland always rates high on Pisa’s performance and well-being results? Finland’s education system has become well-known around the world, yet many still don’t understand why and how it can…

Learning Outside the Classroom in Finland

Description In Finland, we believe that learning happens everywhere: you can capture it in-and-outside the classroom. Our principle is: every place is a place to learn! Accordingly, the Finnish curriculum encourages schools to get out…

CLIL and PBL to Improve Student Engagement

Develop the ability to guide students in the acquisition of knowledge and life skills by linking curriculum topics to real-life situations, and discover Project-Based Learning and Content and Language Integrated Learning approaches.

Effective Pedagogies for 21st-Century Learning

Learn how to embrace new pedagogical practices to effectively promote the acquisition of soft skills in mainstream education and explore the practical know-how on four fundamental student-centered approaches.

Game Design for Teaching and Learning

Description Student motivation is becoming increasingly challenging in contemporary education. Technology has created an instant gratification culture, where students are accustomed to receiving immediate feedback and rewards. Moreover, students often do not perceive how proposed…

Including Sustainability Education in Everyday Classes with PBL

Description Due to our environmental emergency, sustainability education is no longer only a topic taught in universities and in the business sector like it used to be but is now becoming integrated and prioritized from…

Project-Based Learning (PBL): Make Students’ Learning Real and Effective!

Description How hard does it sometimes feel to engage students in the lessons, to replace shallow learning with a deep understanding of topics and long-lasting competencies? Educators may struggle to motivate students… whereas students struggle…

Quick and Fun Formative Assessment Techniques

Description All teachers want is for their students to pass their tests and evaluations. Nonetheless, they keep requiring more and more: they want their learners to fully comprehend HOW to perform certain tasks, and WHY…

The Child First: Montessori, Reggio Emilia System and Contemporary Approaches to Pre-School Education

Description During this course, participants will discover some of the most relevant educational approaches for children that emerged in Italy and Europe from the 20th century onward. The Montessori Method and Loris Malaguzzi’s Reggio Emilia…

5 Steps to Improve Teaching and Learning

Develop an understanding of the notions of formative feedback and active learning in the context of student-centered learning methods, and discover how to develop a plan to introduce changes to your curriculum to avoid ineffective teaching.

Introducing Sustainability Through Game-Based Learning and Gamification

Description Conversations over environmental issues and the urgency to act for sustainable development are more significant than ever in today’s education. However, implementing sustainability-oriented lesson plans in the classroom may be extremely challenging for teachers…

Project-Based Learning for Pre-school

Description Pre-school teachers have a huge responsibility to educate tomorrow’s citizens, but it often feels hard for them to provide children with 360-degree, meaningful learning experiences. How hard does it sometimes feel to create a deep…

Student-Centered Classroom: Teachers as Promoters of Active Learning

Description This course has been created for teachers who want to learn more about managing an effective and up-to-date classroom that encourages participation and engaged learning using the latest techniques. Through interactive activities, participants will…

ICT​ ​as​ ​a​ ​Tool​ ​for​ ​a Student-Centered​ ​Classroom

Description The​ ​course​ ​has​ ​been​ ​created​ ​for​ ​teachers,​ ​and​ ​other​ ​school​ ​staff​ ​members,​ ​interested​ ​in ​using​ ​ICT​ ​in​ ​their​ ​teaching,​ ​but​ ​who​ ​don’t​ ​quite​ ​know​ ​where​ ​to​ ​start.​ ​The​ ​course aims​ ​to​ ​give​ ​concrete​ ​examples​…

Learning Through Collaboration and Cooperation

Description Students’ active involvement, effective learning, and soft skills are KEY elements in 21st-century education, and we can enhance them through effective cooperation. If educators can support collaborative learning environments, students can work together to…

Project-Based Learning (PBL) in Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites

Description Nowadays, museums are designed for learning. They contain a wide range of information from traditional factual knowledge to commentary on the value systems that shape societies across the world. Artifacts and digital resources from…

School Innovation: A New Mindset for Teachers and Students

Description Many creative solutions are available nowadays to help teachers motivate their students, but sometimes it’s hard to incorporate them into lessons. This course tackles the notion of innovation which is equally important for teachers…

The Secret of Finnish Education: Phenomenon-Based Learning

Description Finnish PISA results in recent years have put the Finnish Education System in the limelight and raised worldwide interest. Researchers started to visit Finnish universities and other educational institutions looking for answers to what…

Case-Based Learning (CBL)

Learn to apply Case-Based Learning in your classrooms and school subjects, as well as in interdisciplinary projects to increase students’ curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving, and promote an active learning environment.

Museum-Based Learning in Split

Description What can we do to improve conceptual learning, deeper engagement with ideas, and build the capacity to confront complex 21st-century challenges in today’s education system? Well, we must go beyond the classroom where authentic…