Course Topic: Student-Centered Learning
Student-centered learning is a type of blended learning that shifts the focus from the teacher to the student.
The student-centered approach focuses on student’s interests and learning styles, it also sustains both autonomy and cooperation among students, improving critical thinking, self-confidence, problem-solving, and motivation.
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Deepen your knowledge about issues connected to climate change and incorporate these themes into your teaching. Develop practical strategies and create projects involving the entire school.
21st Century Skills for Teachers and Students
Discover new methods to help enable, learn and familiarise you and your students about modern 21st century practices which will be useful in nowadays’ education and also serve for future purposes in jobs too.
Introduction to the Finnish Education Model
Gain a better understanding of Finland’s progressive style of teaching and practical methods. Explore various student-centered approaches that make teaching and learning more holistic.
Digital Tools for Collaboration, Communication, Creativity and Critical Thinking (4Cs)
Acquire the knowledge, the know-how, and the confidence to insert the 4Cs skills into the curriculum and school environment. Learn to design practical activities using ICT resources, which are more efficient at developing the 4Cs in students.
Effective Pedagogies for 21st-Century Learning
Learn how to embrace new pedagogical practices to effectively promote the acquisition of soft skills in mainstream education. Explore practical know-how on four fundamental student-centered approaches.
Project-Based Learning (PBL) in Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites
Discover how to build and implement PBL strategies in the classroom, incorporating activities and information from museums and cultural heritage sites into these projects. Learn how to organize engaging and immersive cultural visits through PBL.
The Child First: Montessori, Reggio Emilia System and Contemporary Approaches to Pre-School Education
Discover alternative teaching methods like the Montessori Method, and the Reggio Emilia Method. Enhance critical and creative thinking skills, gaining crucial abilities to promote independence, and creativity in the classroom.
The Secret of Finnish Education: Phenomenon-Based Learning
Discover the notion of Phenomenon-Based Learning on the example of its application in Finnish education. Learn how to plan and assess phenomenon-based activities.
Agenda 2030: ICT Tools for Sustainable Development
Discover a selection of global goals from the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the classroom with the support of digital technologies.
Design Learning Spaces for the 21st Century Classroom
Develop an understanding of how the physical classroom influences the learning experience and behavior. Reflect on the outdatedness of traditional, teacher-centered psychology in favor of approaches that encourage student agency.
School Innovation: A New Mindset for Teachers and Students
Explore new design strategies to enhance your teaching by making it encouraging and motivating. Discover an array of innovative lesson plans, activities, and digital solutions, among others, to use in the classroom.
Student-Centered Classroom: Teachers as Promoters of Active Learning
Discover how to create a student-centered learning environment sustaining autonomy and cooperation. Explore new methods like the Flipped Classroom, Project-Based Learning, Problem-Based Learning, Case-Based Instruction and Discovery Learning.
Student-Centered Education: Making Learning Exciting and Long Lasting
Identify strategies to help students develop key competencies for nowadays’ challenges: autonomy, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Create a student-centered environment for many learning modalities and styles.
Teach with a Twist! Motivate your Students with Creative Teaching Strategies
Gain useful skills to motivate your students by integrating creative thinking and problem-solving into your lessons. Discover student-centered activities and learn about creative digital tools to support the students’ diverse learning needs.
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. Discover how to develop a plan to introduce changes to your curriculum to avoid ineffective teaching.
Bullying Prevention and EdTech for a Wholesome School Environment
Learn how to create a healthy learning environment where bullying and discrimination prevention will be taken care of. Get inspired on how to integrate ICT into class, practicing methodologies to understand prejudice and prevent conflicts.
Differentiated Instruction: Inclusive Strategies for Successful Learning
Explore the adaptability and variety of individual student needs. Learn to design tailored lesson plans and build a positive learning environment with differentiated content.
ICT as a Tool for a Student-Centered Classroom
Learn to effectively integrate ICT into your teaching, all while putting the pupils at the center of the learning process. Discover techniques for revision, collaboration, and note-taking, among others.
Mastering Project, Task, Problem, and Competency-Based Learning
Develop an understanding of project-based, thinking-based, problem-based, and competency-based learning approaches. Learn to seamlessly integrate these methods into teaching practices, empowering students with practical skills.
The Berlin Wall: A Journey from Totalitarianism to Democracy
Gain insights into Berlin's divided history, including the impact of the Berlin Wall and the GDR. Learn how to incorporate this history into your teaching, using innovative methods, emphasizing democratic values and the prevention of totalitarian regimes.
Creating Storyworlds to Foster Students’ Engagement and Learning
Discover new ways to introduce students to story building while also keeping the classroom inclusive and fostering 21st-century skills, such as critical thinking and effective communication.
Critical Thinking for All Subjects and Life
Implement strategies to assist students in advancing from lower-level cognitive tasks to higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. Teach students to employ metacognitive strategies to monitor and evaluate their understanding and progress.
Crossover Learning: Empowering Teachers for Dynamic Education
Learn crossover teaching, integrating formal and informal learning. Discover new tools for visual learning in museums, outdoor trips, audio guides, virtual reality, and scavenger hunts.
Flipped Education: Creating Engaging Audiovisuals for Asynchronous Learning
Acquire knowledge of video essay creation tools and platforms. Develop storytelling skills, enhance ICT competence and digital media literacy. Enhance formal and informal strategies to teach video essay creation to students.
Interest-Based Learning: Key Strategies to Motivate Your Students
Discover how to implement an interest-based approach in the classroom, how to integrate curriculum standards into study material, and how to associate them with different subjects.
Value-Based Learning: Democracy and Civic Responsibility in the Classroom
Help students understand the world critically, making your schools more inclusive, culturally aware, and socially responsible. Activate students as resources of learning for one another to foster values such as inclusion and respect.