Friday 27 November 2015

British Council Training- An Introduction To Core Skills For Teachers.

Today I attended teacher training run by the British Council, the aim of the programme is to provide a practical introduction to core skills and how to increase the quality of teaching and learning through fostering such skills in the classroom.





It was interesting that many of these 'core skills' are the same as those we are working on in the U.K. The core skills identified are-
Citizenship
Collaboration and communication
Creativity and imagination
Critical thinking and problem solving
Digital literacy
Leadership and personal development.





First we considered- What is deep learning? This was very interesting as it focused a lot on questioning and I got to share the work that we have been doing in the U.K about using high order questions to extend children's understanding.


We (Miss Itani and myself) found the digital literacy section interesting as this is something our partnership has been working hard on through our video conferencing sessions and allowed us to reflect on future practice.

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  1. Barefoot Billion27 November 2015 at 09:27

    Interesting that these Core Skills are being given to British Council Schools in Beirut.
    The same is being done in Kandy and involves 3 days of training to which all the International teachers in schools are expected to attend. They don't have supply cover, they leave the work and the students, even Y2, take themselves!!!

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  2. Myassar28 November 2015 at 11:54

    There will be follow up sessions with the teachers and leaders who attended this introductory session. After they exhibit and show how they are applying what they have learned, they will get a certificate of participation.

    So shall we be seeing you in few months? ;-)

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