OER4Schools/Unit overview

Unit 1: Introduction to interactive teaching and the use of ICT. The unit offers an introduction to interactive teaching and ICT. It introduces the idea of “plan-teach-reflect”, as well as lesson planning to include interactive activity. The unit covers the following aspects:

1. What is interactive teaching?
2. Designing interactive lesson plans
3. ICTs in interactive teaching
4. Effective use of ICTs, Collaborative writing using ICTs,

Introduction to most significant change. At the end of this unit, we look at the Leadership for Learning principles.

Unit 2: Whole class dialogue & effective questioning. This unit includes suggestions and resources for classroom activities and covers:

1. creating a supportive environment for dialogue
2. introducing cumulative talk – creating a story together
3. promoting and managing whole class discussion
4. types and examples of effective questions to ask in class
5. how to engage students in activity at the blackboard

At the end of this unit we consider how to communicate with other teachers at the school, with parents, head teachers, as well as officials who might seek to assess your new teaching practices. It also includes some material to support school leaders in providing a conducive learning environment for their staff.

Unit 3: Group work. This unit introduces group work, how to agree on ground rules, and what sort of resources support group work (such as “talking points” and digital resources).

Unit 4: Assessment for learning and lesson pacing. The unit introduces how to find out what your pupils have learnt, and where they need more help, allowing you to use time in lessons effectively, while making sure that your students are learning.

Unit 5: Enquiry-based learning and project work. The unit introduces how to work in an “enquiry-based” way, for instance learning through project work and in-depth, open-ended investigations.

Unit 6: Sharing the vision and Leadership for Learning.