Teaching with Physical Computing, Course 4: Soft skills, teamwork and the wider curriculum
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Brief Introduction
This course provides teachers with a comprehensive exploration of the role of Project-Based Learning in supporting the development of soft skills, and its place in the curriculum.
Description
The fourth and final course in our program for Computer Science teachers, Teaching with Physical Computing , covers all the non-technological elements of project-based learning. This includes soft skills such as gracious professionalism, teamwork, communication and collaboration.
The course guides you in engaging stakeholders in the school setting and becoming an effective advocate for Project-Based Learning (PBL) among others teachers, school leadership and parents. You will also learn about common ways of embedding PBL in the formal curriculum and how to utilise available resources to enhance your lessons.
Knowledge
- Introduction to course
- Learning outcomes
- How you will be assessed
- The importance of gracious professionalism
- Soft skills
- Links to emotional curriculum
- Gender differences
- Contexts are key
- Engaging and enthusing learners
- Technology specific contexts
- Engaging parents
- Communicating efficacy of approach
- Relevant research
- Engagement and attainment
- Collaboration
- Keeping PBL extra curricula
- Innovation days example/HackJams
- STEM as sport
- Clubs and projects
- Engagement
- Issues with cross curricular delivery
- Control (siloed subjects cause tension)
- Accountability
- Project focus
- Pedagogy differences
- The role of senior leadership
- Collapsed days
- Support
- Funding
- External partners
- Innovation days
- Tech companies
- Adapting and enhancing the ASP resources
- Examples and templates
- Classroom investigation
- Action Research
- Case Study/Survey
- Educational Research and Design
Teaching with Physical Computing, Course 4: Soft skills, teamwork and the wider curriculum
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This course provides teachers with a comprehensive exploration of the role of Project-Based Learning in supporting the development of soft skills, and its place in the curriculum....
