Teaching for home learning: primary science NE006 / C20
Summary
Online, self-paced course. Primary school science teaching often involves sparking students’ imagination through practical activities. This online course explores the basics of online and offline teaching strategies for supporting learning at home and at a distance. You’ll consider the role of parents, home learning environments as well as how to keep up with practical science activities.
You’ll draw upon the resources you already have, use a variety of asynchronous teaching and learning tools, and design teaching sequences.
Who is it for?
What topics are covered?
- setting expectations for time management and learning routines.
- the roles of teachers and parents in remote learning.
- planning science learning activities for primary pupils at home.
- engaging and motivating primary pupils in learning.
- activities to support scientific enquiry.
How will you learn?
How long is this course?
Who is the course leader?
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- design a blended approach to teaching primary science, with offline and online activities to support pupils learning from home.
- plan to work with parents to support pupils learning at home.
- evaluate a range of teaching strategies and tools, appropriate to your teaching context and teaching remotely.
- identify primary science activities that can be undertaken at home.
Sessions
| Date | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Teaching for home learning: primary science | 26 April 2021 | 00:00-00:00 |
Notes
Group enrolments: If you are a school, college or MAT and wish to arrange payment by invoice for 25 or more participants, please contact onlinecpd@stem.org.uk quoting the course code, title and start date.
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Cost
| State-funded school or college | Activity fee£10.00 +VAT | Subsidy available*£0.00 |
|---|---|---|
| Fee-paying school or college (independent) | Activity fee£20.00 +VAT | |
* Your school or college will receive the subsidy on successful completion of the CPD and impact toolkit. Find out more. |
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