Teaching courses

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What conditions optimise learning? In this course, students are introduced to the latest strategies emerging from Educational Neuroscience for educators to consider. These provide valuable guidelines for neurologically friendly principles from the...

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Hold on to your seat as we launch into the exciting (r)evolution in Education! We live in an exciting time of technology and neuroscience advancement. Education is being enhanced and changed by evidence-based findings from...

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Take your pupils into orbit by using space for primary science learningFrom knowing the properties and uses of the materials required for an astronaut’s spacesuit to having an understanding of diet and exercise in order...

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Discover practical ways to teach online and support your studentsAre you a teacher looking to learn how to teach online successfully but are under time-constraints? If so, you’ve come to the right place. This 3-week...

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Improve student learning in biology practical lessonsThere are only so many ways a student can look at an onion cell, so how do we engage students with biology practicals? On this course you will discuss...

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Subject knowledge for teachers and educators without a maths backgroundProportional reasoning and the use of ratios is required across different areas of the mathematics curriculum. It is essential to many areas of science and technology...

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Improve your English lesson planning and explore teaching with technologyEffective lesson planning will help your English students get the most from your classes. On this teaching English course, you will look at four professional practices,...

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Learn how data is represented through media; audio, visual and text. This online course from the Raspberry Pi Foundation explores how computers do interesting things with data. You’ll discover how to represent and manipulate text,...

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Prepare for success in your IELTS Reading testThe four courses in the British Council’s Understanding IELTS ExpertTrack will give you a complete guide to everything you need to know as you prepare for the IELTS...

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Discover digital learning and accelerate digital transformation in the classroomHow can teachers adapt their classroom practice to a developing digital world? On this course, you will explore the opportunities and challenges of moving from using...

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Understand how to use feedback to improve your STEM activities Discover the key feedback tools to use when introducing science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) in schools and find out how classroom feedback can improve...

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Discover the neuroscience of creativityCreativity is an extremely important skill but it can be difficult to explain and to teach others. There is a science to it though, and we can link research into the...

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Explore online language teaching with young learnersHave you recently had to adapt to online teaching in response to the COVID-19 pandemic? This 3-week course from the British Council will help you explore the practice and...

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Explore the field of applied linguistics through real-world case studiesThis online course introduces the field of applied linguistics and how it relates to disciplines including linguistics and language teaching. You’ll explore real-world examples...

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Ensure your students get the most from chemistry practicalsIn this course you will explore how going beyond ‘recipe following’, teachers can use practical work in chemistry to support explanation of theory. You’ll discover ‘microscale’ experiments...

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Prepare for success in your IELTS Listening testThe four courses in the British Council’s Understanding IELTS ExpertTrack will give you a complete guide to everything you need to know as you prepare for the IELTS...

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Learn how to lead a technology strategy at your schoolEducation technology can help schools reduce workload, promote efficiencies, and support evidence-based teaching and learning approaches. The potential of education technology might not be realis...

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Understand how preparation is key for implementing teaching strategies. This two-week course will arm you with the practical tools and advice on how to deliver effective training sessions. You’ll discover the essential pre-course preparation you...

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Learn about key education research methods and how to use themConnecting insights from existing research to practice and building on this to design realistic and high-quality research projects can be challenging. Understanding research methods is...

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Develop your understanding of Asian teaching methodsEvery four years, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) compares different countries’ approaches to teaching. Typically, many East Asian countries score very well in the...