Course | Developing Students’ Independent Learning Skills: Part 2

Course

Teachers traditionally have tended to lead our classrooms by standing at the front, but is this best for our students? How can we encourage students to be less dependent and more active? By taking this ownership of learning, we are providing them with the lifelong skills they need for their future work lives.

This course builds on ‘Practical Active Learning for Your Classroom,’ which introduces ways to make your learners more engaged. In this course, we outline 4 major strategies that can be trialed in the classroom to help students become more independent: success criteria, self-assessment, peer assessment, and group work.

This course has the following objectives:
To explore 4 strategies that promote student independence and how to apply them to your classroom
To identify through reflection where the 4 strategies can be applied to your classroom

Course Content

Course Objectives: Developing Students’ Independent Learning Skills
Strategy 1: Success Criteria
1 Topic
Lesson Content
Task

Strategy 2: Self-Assessment
2 Topics
Lesson Content
Two Simple Questions
Thumbs Up-Thumbs Down

Strategy 3: Peer-Assessment
Strategy 1, 2, and 3: Classroom Scenario

Strategy 4: Pair and Group Work
5 Topics
Lesson Content
Planning Group and Pair Work
Group Roles
The Teacher’s Role in Group and Pair Work
Classroom Scenario
Pair and Group Work: Summary

Concluding Thoughts
1 Topic
Lesson Content
Course Feedback

Developing Students’ Independent Learning Skills – Assessment
1 Assessment
Lesson Content
Developing Students’ Independent Learning Skills: Assessment

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