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The Open University

Secondary learning

The Open University via OpenLearn

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This free course, Secondary learning, will identify and explore some of the key issues around learning and teaching in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a secondary teacher and develop a greater awareness of how students learn and how to take account of this in your planning and in your teaching.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Knowledge
  • 1 Knowledge
  • 1.1 Knowledge and teaching
  • 1.2 Knowledge and learning
  • 2 Theories of learning
  • 2 Theories of learning
  • 2.1 Behaviourism
  • 2.2 Constructivism
  • 2.3 Social constructivism
  • 2.4 Situated cognition
  • 2.5 Embodied cognition
  • 2.6 Learning styles
  • 3 Learning theories in practice
  • 3 Learning theories in practice
  • 3.1 Active learning
  • 3.2 Student-centred pedagogy
  • 3.3 Drawing together the key ideas
  • Conclusion
  • Further reading
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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