Introduction to Teaching and Learning

Professor John MacBeath

Commonwealth Education Trust

Foundations of Teaching and Learning

Course 1: Introduction
Week 1: Being a teacher
Lecture 1.2: Being a teacher

Foundations of Teaching and Learning

Thinking about my identity as

a teacher and as a learner
What does it mean to be a teacher?
What have I learned about teaching?

What has been my most powerful

teaching experience?

Foundations of Teaching and Learning

Learners
and their
learning

Curriculum
Assessing for
learning

Planning for
teaching and
learning

Being a
professional
Developing
relationships

Foundations of Teaching and Learning

Learners
and their
learning

Curriculum
Assessing for
learning

Planning for
teaching
and learning

Being a
professional
Developing
relationships

Foundations of Teaching and Learning

What do I already know?

What do I not know?

What would I like to know?

Who are the learners?

What do they know, feel and do?

How can I engage my students in a way

that is meaningful for them?

What are the most effective strategies

to promote learning?

What are the major theories of learning?

Curriculum
Are there different
understandings of
what it means?
What are the
connections
between my
students and the
curriculum?

What does curriculum?

mean to me?

What are the different ways

in which curriculum is
understood?
How do I use the
curriculum to develop
learning activities for my
students ?

Planning for teaching and learning

Formulating

GOALS

Engaging

STUDENTS

Planning

LESSONS

Organising

RESOURCES

Developing

STRATEGIES

Communicating

ACHIEVEMENT

Assessment
Diagnostic

Summative

Formative

Reporting

Developing relationships

With your students

With colleagues
With families
With the wider community
With the schools leaders

What it means to be a professional

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7.

Ethics
Codes of conduct and standards
Legal/administrative responsibilities
Personal philosophy of teaching
Being part of a professional learning community
Seeking advice on how to improve your teaching
Planning for your future development as a teacher

What do we want for our children?

I want my children to understand the world, but
not just because the world is fascinating and the
human mind is curious. I want them to understand
it so that they will be positioned to make it a better
place.
(Gardner, 1999, 180-181)

What do we want for our children?

Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need
to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and
move in productive directions. An important part of
that understanding is knowing who we are and what
we can do.
(Gardner, 1999, 180-181)

Questions to ask myself

Foundations of Teaching and Learning

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