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Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

The Open University via OpenLearn

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Provider

OpenLearn
Pricing

Free Certificate
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Effort

5 hours
Sessions

Self-Paced
Level

Beginner

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This free course explores different aspects of learning and teaching in primary education. It gives opportunities to engage with different types of activities that are designed to develop an understanding of learning and teaching in primary education. It starts by considering the following questions:How might we understand primary schools today?How do primary schools support young learners?How can schools be inclusive and offer specialist provision?What are your own experiences of primary education, from your own work or from the work/volunteering in a primary setting?This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E103 Learning and teaching in the primary years.

Syllabus

Introduction
Learning outcomes
The purpose of primary education today
1.1 Purpose of education
1.2 An overview of primary education today
1.3 The knowledge and understanding children bring to their primary school learning
1.4 Summary of Section 1
The role of talk, creativity and play in the primary classroom
2.1 Talk in the classroom
2.2 The role of creativity and play in the classroom
2.3 Summary of Section 2
Learning environments, health and wellbeing, inclusive practice and specialist provision
3.1 Learning environments outside the classroom
3.2 Health and wellbeing
3.3 Supporting learning: inclusion and specialist provision
3.4 Supporting individual learners
3.5 Summary of Section 3
Learning in literacy, maths and science
4.1 Literacy
4.2 Maths
4.3 Science
4.4 Summary of Section 4
Conclusion
References
Acknowledgements