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Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life

The Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life training revolve around the analysis of how propaganda has been utilised to instil political beliefs in society. It also focuses on how these ideologies impact the lives of the general public, with an in-depth exploration of the foundations of political viewpoints, i.e., community, justice, freedom, place, and choice.

Candidates will comprehend the different opinions and perceptions people have about political ideologies along with the imagery and symbolism used by them to express their sentiments. The Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life programme examine different contexts and phases during the 20th and 21st centuries. Candidates will realise how political propaganda promotes good and bad outcomes in the areas of belonging and identity, freedom and responsibility, and public health.

Structured and developed by the University of Nottingham, the Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life certification will be taught by trained professionals, namely Maiken Umbach, Ian Cooke, Mathew Humphrey, and Alex Henry. Besides, this five-week online course requires a minimum of four hours of weekly study for successful completion. 

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5 Weeks
6,500
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Sociology
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Transforming Urban Mobility: Governing the Transformation to Sustainable Systems

Sustainable mobility is the number one goal for city planners because of climate change and population issues. The Transforming Urban Mobility online course revolves around urban mobility and how it can be aligned with sustainability. You will be introduced to a sustainable urban mobility plan and strategy (SUMPS) that takes the stakeholders' interests into account. Sustainable cities are the future, and sustainability planning is the need of the hour. 

Furthermore, the Transforming Urban Mobility certification syllabus includes sustainable transport planning, sustainable urban development, transformation management, long-term planning, technology assessment and more. The programme is designed to be 100% online and self-paced to make it more accessible. 

In addition, FutureLearn’s Transforming Urban Mobility certification will run for five weeks, and you can join the course for free. The programme has been developed by EIT RawMaterials, KTH Executive School, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. It will take you a weekly effort of 4 hours to finish the course. You must upgrade the course and complete the series of tests to access the printed and digital certificate.

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5 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Urban Planning
Certificate

Sustainable Construction and Development

The Sustainable Construction and Development certification, a 5 weeks online course on sustainability in construction is by Chartered Institute of Building Academy, and London South Bank University. This Business and Management course is found on the provider platform of FutureLearn with which people from all sectors, especially construction can improve their understanding of sustainability.

The development of sustainability can be met by doing proper activities that don’t compromise the ability of the upcoming generations for meeting their own needs. The Sustainable Construction and Development certification syllabus deals with actions, and tasks that have an important role to play in sustainability initiatives.

Environmental, social, and even economical sustainability are the 3 factors affecting construction sustainability, so learning about the ideal, and best possible practices is very important. This Sustainable Construction and Development training is conducted for a very short period of time that makes the candidates understand the issues in achieving future sustainability. In the construction sector.

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5 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Economics
Certificate

China's Role in Global Tourism Development

Being one of the fastest-growing industries, Tourism Has its features and trends that are important to be understood. The course by future learn on China’s role in global tourism development, provides the student with the learning experience that unlocks opportunities by acquiring relevant knowledge regarding the industry. This certification course is offered by Nankai University in China and will be instructed by experienced tutors of many renowned universities including the same.  

The course covers a brief history of global tourism including the development of global tourism after World War II in 1945 and many fundamental areas regarding the topic which includes the tourism development in China since its open-door policy in 1978, their Belt and Road initiative, and its implications in global tourism. Students are provided regional and global examples to understand the importance of sustainability of the tourism department including the latest tourism trends such as medical tourism.

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5 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of tourism
Certificate

Tourism Policy and Planning

The course of Tourism Policy and Planning that is being provided by the platform FutureLearn aims to provide its learners with the core information about various tourist destinations along with the factors that determine its popularity, such as the economic development of that area. 

There are various exquisite tourist places in the world, many of which require more development. This course makes sure that the learners gain exposure to these developmental factors which include tourism policy, market demand, and resources. 

The learners will also find themselves becoming familiar with sustainable planning of tourism along with its applications. The learners will get to know the products used in tourism. They will also gain insight into experiences and events that may happen during a trip so that they gain a better understanding of the development of tourist places. 

This course is 5 week-long and requires a study of 4 hours a week to excel in the programme and gain education about tourism concepts. 

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5 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of tourism
Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry

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Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh , Scottish Enterprise via Futurelearn
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Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry

The Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry course by FutureLearn is a five weeks course. The course is instructed in the English language, and the sessions are held online. This allows you to study according to your schedule. Edinburgh Napier University has developed the programme with the support of Scottish Enterprise. 

The DataLab has funded the Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry programme. You will have to study at least three hours every week for this certification. Furthermore, you can apply what you will learn to your enterprise and further your business. This course is a part of the Study UK Campaign. Besides, the course instructors boast relevant industry experience.

This Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry online course by FutureLearn course is focussed on medium and small enterprises that are involved in the tourism sector. The programme is designed to teach these SMEs how data impacts their business and the way data can be analysed and used to nurture their business. It also teaches you business productivity through data and tools to do all of this.

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5 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Data Sorting Knowledge of tourism
Transforming Urban Mobility Components of Transport Planning for Sustainable Cities

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Transforming Urban Mobility: Components of Transport Planning for Sustainable Cities

The Transforming Urban Mobility: Components of Transport Planning for Sustainable Cities online course is provided by FutureLearn and is developed by the University College London, GIZ (a serving agency that helps the German government) and the Transforming Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI). 

This online programme delves into strategies to develop sustainable cities like the Avoid-Shift-Improve framework which includes important elements of ‘Shift’ and ‘Improve’. It helps the candidates understand the significance of alternative public transport options which reduce environmental pollution. The course instruction describes the components of urban mobility like traffic demand management and the role of public transports. 

The online trainees will be able to decode the aspects of active mobility and streetscape designing while identifying the role of vehicle technologies in environmental effects. The practical methodologies and case analyses will enable the learners to comprehend the productive decision-making process and the participatory impact on the sustainability of cities.

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5 Weeks
Expert
6,500
Skills Covered:
Decision making skills Knowledge of Environmental Science Knowledge of Urban Planning Knowledge of engineering
Construction Ethics and Compliance

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Construction Ethics and Compliance

The Construction Ethics and Compliance certification is a 5 weeks course that is curated by the joint efforts of FutureLearn, and the Chartered Institute of Building Academy. This course falls under the Business, and Management category, and The CPD Certification Services gives accreditation to it. 

There are many large construction firms that have faced innumerable fines for breaching ethics due to cases of bribery, and collusion. This CIOB Construction Ethics and Compliance training tell the candidates how they can stay ethical in construction industries. Ethics is nothing but a moral set of values that define a person’s character and behavior so it is important for both the individual and the organization.

This free online course is owned by CIOB which is the world's largest construction management professional body since the year 1834. So, the construction Ethics and Compliance certification syllabus is the guiding light for students who want to understand what role is played by compliance in the construction industry.

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5 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Business Management
Certificate

Caregiving Dementia and Incontinence

This Caregiving, Dementia, and Incontinence training is a five weeks online course. This online course was designed and offered through Deakin University and NARI and delivered through the FutureLearn platform. The instructors for the Caregiving, Dementia, and Incontinence online course are Elizabeth (Liz) Watt, Jessica Cecil, and Joan Ostaszkiewicz.

Through the Caregiving, Dementia, and Incontinence certification, you will investigate the biological functions of the bowel and bladder, as well as the effects of ageing and dementia on continence, and identify warning signs for when medical attention is required. You will also be able to develop sensitive support strategies based on a scientific understanding of this knowledge. 

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5 Weeks
Free
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Building Alliances in Global Health From Global Institutions to Local Communities

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Building Alliances in Global Health: From Global Institutions to Local Communities

This Building Alliances in Global Health: From Global Institutions to Local Communities training is a five-week online course. The course syllabus was developed and offered by Johns Hopkins University and STRIPE via the FutureLearn platform. The instructors for this online course are Olakunle Alonge, Svea Closser, Anna Kalbarczyk, and Angelica Lopez Hernandez.

The Building Alliances in Global Health: From Global Institutions to Local Communities online course will enable you to face the challenges of forming alliances in the global health sector. You will discuss the themes of political causes, policymaking, health communications, and wider community engagement that use the Global Polio Eradication Initiative as a case study.

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5 Weeks
Planning and Managing Global Health Programmes Promoting Quality Accountability and Equity

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Planning and Managing Global Health Programmes: Promoting Quality, Accountability, and Equity

This online training for Planning and Managing Global Health Programmes: Promoting Quality, Accountability, and Equity lasts five weeks. This course syllabus was created and delivered through the FutureLearn platform by the Synthesis and Translation of Research and Innovations in Polio Eradication and Johns Hopkins University. Svea Closser, Olakunle Alonge, Anna Kalbarczyk, and Angelica Lopez Hernandez are the instructors for this course.

A complex set of problems must be discussed when organising and overseeing a global health initiative. There are numerous considerations to be made at all levels, from global to citizen and sub-national. Using polio eradication as a case study, you will tackle the basic concepts, theoretical frameworks, and practical details involved in this complex process. This included establishing a strong supply chain, combating corruption, evaluating the intersectional of poverty and gender, as well as evaluating how the initiative may assist or impede the bigger goal of universal access. 

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5 Weeks
Intercultural Communication Dynamics of cultural identities in global interaction

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SISU via Futurelearn
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Intercultural Communication: Dynamics of cultural identities in global interaction

FutureLearn’s Intercultural Communication training focuses on the necessities of cross-cultural communication and relations. China’s renowned foreign language institutions, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) has developed the course. The training will be mentored by expert instructors from the university, Steve Kulich, Hongling Zhang, and Ruobing Chi. 

Considering that businesses have become global, the Intercultural Communication online course helps candidates recognise the distinctions of intercultural interaction from all over the world. The study process is facilitated by teaching the candidates to understand their own cultural identities along with those of others. The syllabus emphasises on different communication styles, the contrast in values across countries, cultivation of intercultural adaptation, etc.

The Intercultural Communication: Dynamics of cultural identities in global interactionis a five-week course and requires a weekly study of four hours. Candidates can participate in the training for free and start learning at their own pace immediately. Additionally, applicants can avail of unique features and a printable certificate by picking the upgrade or unlimited option. 

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5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Communication skills
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Supercomputing

A 5 weeks Supercomputing certification course that is supervised by the University of Edinburgh, Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), SURFsara, and the certification is distributed by FutureLearn. This course covers all the aspects which are technical and are conceptually covered. Supercomputers give Scientists and Engineers an extremely powerful tool for studying the natural world for computer simulation.

With no prior requirement of being able to write computer programs, this weekly Supercomputing certification syllabus is powered by EPCC. Spread over 5 weeks the curriculum covers topics like supercomputers, parallel computers, parallel computing, computer simulation, and also case studies.

Falling under the Information Technology and Computer Science batch of courses, the Supercomputing training teaches how virtual environments can be prepared using supercomputers. This training will offer how one can look real inside of atoms individually so that future climates can be studied, and evolution can follow the full universe from the big bang.

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5 Weeks
Free
Certificate

Discovering Your PhD Potential: Writing a Research Proposal

This 5 weeks Discovering Your PhD. Potential: Writing a Research Proposal certification is a programme that is 100% online and is made jointly by the efforts of the University of Leicester and also FutureLearn. With this course, participants will be learning about the entire process involved in doing research to write the best postgraduate application proposal for postgraduate applications.

Discovering Your PhD. Potential: Writing a Research Proposal certification syllabus inculcates students on why a carefully curated research proposal is important for doctoral studies and can be the first step towards a postgraduate study. The course has a special focus on Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts, but the content can cater to all disciplines.

Discovering Your PhD. Potential: Writing a Research Proposal training gives you the confidence to build up the tools, and skills for writing a well-premeditated research proposal, that actually helps in the betterment of the postgraduate application. Agin this course will also provide a taste of the self-study that is a must for all participating in doctoral research.

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5 Weeks
Intermediate
6,500
Skills Covered:
Writing skills
Certificate

Dental Radiography: Radiation Protection in Dental Practice

Developed by the Dental X-ray Protection Service (DXPS) of Public Health England, the Dental Radiography certification course will teach you the main dental radiography principles. You will learn to carry out safe dental X-rays following the UK safety requirements and legislation. 

During the five-week-long Dental Radiography online training, you will study the possible risks of dental X-radiation. Also, you will understand the significance of limiting patient and staff radiation exposure as much as feasible.

FutureLearn’s Dental Radiography online programme will equip you with the skills and information to perform dental radiography safely. It will allow you to implement the foundational principles of practical radiation protection. You will be skilled to undertake the role of a Radiation Protection Supervisor.

The Dental Radiography certification course counts as a core Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training for dentists. You can also achieve a digital or print certificate at the end of this online programme.

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5 Weeks
9,479
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of anatomy
Certificate

Digital Learning Toolkit: Resources for Successful Online Teaching

In the wake of COVID-19, most face-to-face (F2F) training and education are being converted into online learning. The Digital Learning Toolkit online course provides you with the resources and tools to effectively create and lead online programs.

The Digital Learning Toolkit certification program will help you design an enjoyable and successful online learning experience for your students. The toolkit covers every dimension of delivering and creating digital media courses. Also, you will learn the optimum use of remote teaching techniques to engage your students.

FutureLearn’s Digital Learning Toolkit course will explore diverse topics, including web lecture recordings, learning analytics, blended learning design, learning theory, etc. During the five-week curriculum, you will become proficient in teaching your students digitally.

The Digital Learning Toolkit training by FutureLearn will also inspire you to experiment with various course ingredients like images, video, assignments, text, etc. Moreover, there are three joining options - Free (six-week audit), Upgrade (paid track for unlimited access and the certificate), and Unlimited (paid track for one-year access to hundreds of short-term courses, the completion certificate, unlimited access to any course you receive certification for, and more).

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5 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills
Certificate

A Beginner's Guide to Writing in English for University Study

A Beginner's Guide to Writing in English for University Study training is a 5 weeks long online course that is offered by FutureLearn in collaboration with the University of Reading. This course will help students understand and get a grip on the fundamentals of academic writing. The learning will allow the students to grow their English skills. The most interesting part of this course is that candidates who enrol can stud, and learn at their own pace.

Academic writing is very different from other different forms of writing. So this course has been developed to address this need. A Beginner's Guide to Writing in English for University Study certification syllabus covers topics like features of academic writing, essay structure and organisation by using the academic style of language, steps of writing an essay, responding to feedback on the 1st draft of an essay, and more. All the candidates will become proficient in writing an essay of their own, by keeping in mind the tonality, and grammar of the essay.

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5 Weeks
Intermediate
6,500
Skills Covered:
Language skills
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Entrepreneurship in Nonprofits

5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Extinctions Past and Present

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Extinctions: Past and Present

5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Black Performance as Social Protest

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Black Performance as Social Protest

5 Weeks
Free
Certificate

Deep Learning on Azure with Python: Introduction to Machine Learning

The Deep Learning on Azure with Python certification course is a five-week-long online programme designed to help you develop the critical skills required of a Machine Learning Engineer. You will understand the intricate workings of Deep Learning during this programme. You will also know about the Data Science skills needed to build Machine Learning (ML) models.

Throughout the Deep Learning on Azure with Python online programme offered by FutureLearn, you will explore how ML enables you to build complex systems. Also, you will know about its broad spectrum of applications, including medical diagnosis, self-driving cars, etc.

For building ML models during FutureLearn’s Deep Learning on Azure with Python online course, you will use Microsoft Cognitive Services on the MS Azure cloud platform. Python programming shall be used for this purpose. You will get hands-on experience and a thorough introduction to the field of Machine Learning with practical examples. Moreover, by obtaining the course certificate, you can prove to your future employers that you are job-ready and skilled in this field. 

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5 Weeks
900
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of deep learning Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence Data science knowledge Machine learning Knowledge of Python
Certificate

Microsoft Future Ready: Using Python Programming to Explore the Principles of Machine Learning

A part of FutureLearn's Advanced and Applied AI on Microsoft Azure ExpertTrack; the Microsoft Future Ready certification course aims to help you prepare for the various Microsoft Microcredentials. This is a data science course that runs for five weeks. 

The Microsoft Future Ready certification syllabus has been divided into weeks, steps, and activities you can pursue at your own pace. During this course, you will gain industry-specific knowledge of Python programming and machine learning through theoretical as well as practical experience. 

You will become adept at developing, validating, and deploying different types of machine learning models in the Microsoft Future Ready course. This course will also help you understand complex data relationships using Python and Azure Notebooks to derive insights effectively. 

Besides, once you complete all the steps in the Microsoft Future Ready online course, you'll be eligible for a digital certificate to verify your machine learning knowledge and skills. 

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5 Weeks
900
Skills Covered:
Machine learning
Certificate

Professional Development for Early Career Teachers

Professional Development for Early Career Teachers certification is a 100% online course that is provided on the FutureLearn platform by The University of East Anglia. The course can teach the Teachers to enrich their teaching practices, and also assist them in managing their workload.

The starting of any career can be really tedious since people are overburdened with new challenges, and responsibilities daily. The same can be when teachers start their professional career. The Professional Development for Early Career Teachers certification syllabus will support the participants in ways for the betterment of their teaching skills and also balance out their load of work so that they are able to handle the upcoming challenges smoothly.

For the Professional Development for Early Career Teachers training, the applicants out of 24 hours only give 3 hours in a week at a stretch for 5 weeks to complete going through this course. The programme just contains 5 modules which are explained through short videos and audios that make the learning experience smoother.

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5 Weeks
Intermediate
6,500
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills
Certificate

Becoming a Student Assistant: Teaching and Mentoring

Becoming a Student Assistant: Teaching and Mentoring certification is a 5 weeks online course. The course is prepared by the University of Groningen, and the achievement certificate is given by FutureLearn. There are early 700 students who are treated as important staff members at the University who have responsibilities like governing positions, support role functions, and teaching duties. So this course is dedicated to helping the student assistant take up the above-stated responsibilities aptly.

Becoming a Student Assistant: Teaching and Mentoring certification syllabus includes some topics like the professional behaviour of a student assistant, design principles in higher educational institutions, properly teaching a class, monitoring it, and providing feedback to the students.

Becoming a Student Assistant: Teaching and Mentoring training will prepare the learners to deal with challenging situations in the classroom and make them proper representatives of students. This will enable the students to make a professional contribution to the working environment of higher education organizations.

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5 Weeks
Beginner
6,500
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills
Certificate

The Science of Learning

The Science of Learning certification is a CPD Certification Service accredited online course that has been prepared in association with 2 institutions namely National STEM Learning Centre, and FutureLearn. The course educators are extremely renowned and have full control over what and how they are teaching. With this course, candidates can improve their teaching skills by discussing the art of learning.

The Science of Learning certification syllabus combines topics like what is learning, how it works, and how one can answer questions, and ensure that the learning Science keeps the teaching, and supports the betterment of the learning students. This course will also enlighten different concepts like educational Psychology, and neuroscience so that they can be used for interpreting research.

The Science of Learning training will make the participants reflect on their own teaching practices, and how they can improve on their teaching and learning. The course is small in duration but a lot of important topics have been covered that meet all the learners’ needs.

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5 Weeks
8,029
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of science
Certificate

Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment

Certified by CPD services, and developed by National STEM Learning Centre, and FutureLEarn, this expert track Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment certification course on teaching is a 5 weeks course. This course helps in the betterment of the outcome of learning in STEM subjects by doing effective planning.

Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment certification syllabus is mostly guided by experts who have done assessments in learning. They can help the candidates identify their thinking capacity as a learner so that learning goals can be clarified, and teachers can mark their teaching progress, and work towards its betterment. This can be done using students’ understanding in between lessons and during those lessons.

Planning for Learning: Formative Assessment training keeps its aim of developing a plan based on learners' success criteria, starting points, and also helps them build their classroom questioning capabilities so that their teaching approach is adjusted based on the response of the students. Learners can also look forward to doing medium-term planning, and open out the benefits of working with peers as the practice keeps changing.

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5 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Learning Skills
Certificate

Supporting Active Participation in Lessons Through Pre-teaching

Supporting Active Participation in Lessons Through Pre-teaching certification is a 5 weeks short online course that is designed by Babcock Education, and FutureLearn for empowering students by reducing attainment gaps with the help of pre-teaching. In this course, candidates will develop their teaching skills so that the benefits of teaching can be explored for learners belonging to all age groups.

Supporting Active Participation in Lessons Through Pre-teaching certification syllabus will enable the candidates to learn from the stories of both teaching peers, and other teaching researchers so that key strategies can be identified to make the whole class understand the sessions.

Supporting Active Participation in Lessons Through Pre-teaching Training will help the Teachers identify which children are lagging behind and who all need deeper and active participation to be influential in the class during lessons. The teachers pursuing the course can review and reflect the use of pre-teaching concepts and assigning competence among the learners.

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5 Weeks
Skills Covered:
Teaching skills

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