Guide to Developing Independent Learners
Develop confident, motivated and self reliant students
Independent learning can be one of the most powerful strategies to raise academic standards and develop confident, motivated and self reliant students. If you want to introduce the latest ideas of Independent learning into the curricular diet of your students this is the course for you!
Alan is well known for his outstanding independent learning courses, and this key Stage 2, 3 and 4 workshop is a flagship of effective ways to reduce the spoon feeding in your lessons. Delegates will engage fully with lesson ideas that can be used in the classroom the very next day. You will engage with many of teaching strategies that will result in students working harder and taking responsibility for their own learning
Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for all Key Stage 2 and Secondary teachers who want to promote more independent learning in their classrooms.
What You Will Learn
Alan will take you on an illuminating journey through strategies, pedagogies and schmes to introduce and extend the indepedence of your students. You will:
- Reflect on different methodologies and pedagogies to reduce spoon feeding
- Engage with a number of inspirational lesson ideas that can be used tomorrow
- Evaluate strategies from Active Learning and Assessment for Learning to make sure students take greater responsibility for their own learning
By the end of this course you will;
- Understand the different role of the teacher in modern independent learning
- Be able to construct outstanding independent learning lessons for your subject
- Reflect and evaluate a range of techniques to encourage students down the path of independent learning
- Be empowered with many ways of implementing independent learning into your Departmental programme
You will leave with ideas for independent learning that you can implement in your classroom tomorrow.