Independence - Skilled support for independent learners
Developing your classroom practice to support learners' independence and motivate them to attempt more on their own
Independence - Skilled support for independent learners udemy course
Developing your classroom practice to support learners' independence and motivate them to attempt more on their own
Hey! Busy Teachers!
Wouldn't it make a massive difference to you if the children in your class could work more independently? It would make a massive difference to them to! Not just in your class but as a valuable life skills.
In this course Educational Psychologist, Dr Frances Willis, will explore why independence skills are important for learners and why so many struggle with this. Through considering how it looks and feels to be over-reliant on support, you will understand what is really needed to develop more independent children in your classrooms - no matter their age! By building motivation for independence and using one of the many techniques in the tool box, you can develop your learners into more confident, students who are willing to try more on their own.
In this course, we will cover:
How to Zone of Proximal Development relates to independence learning skills
The huge gap between aspiration and reality when we offer too much support
How to tell when a student is over-reliant on support
What is feels like as a teacher and a learner
The consequences of over-reliance
Why motivation is key to increasing independence
How to increate motivation so that children want to be more independent
Four fantastic approaches for reducing reliance on support
A HUGE tool box, filled with easy-to-implement ideas for increasing learner's independence skills
