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Worldwide Affiliate Directory. Courses. Teacher professional development for the digital age European Schoolnet has organised fee-based courses in its own training venue since 2012.

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Future Classroom Lab is a unique and inspiring learning environment in Brussels, that challenges visitors to rethink the role of pedagogy, technology and design in their classrooms. The training opportunities include from 2 to 5-day workshops and courses to address today's teaching challenges and the classrooms of the future. See our course offer below. School Education Gateway - Homepage. About us. European Schoolnet is the network of 33 European Ministries of Education, based in Brussels.

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As a non-profit international organisation, we aim to bring innovation in teaching and learning to our key stakeholders: Ministries of Education, schools, teachers, researchers, and industry partners. We are driven by our mission to support education stakeholders in Europe in the transformation of education processes for 21st century digitalized societies. European Schoolnet Academy. eTwinning - Homepage. Programme guide. The Erasmus+ Programme Guide is essential to understanding Erasmus+.

Programme guide

It provides participating organisations and individuals a comprehensive list of opportunities supported by the programme. The 2021 Programme Guide is available as an online version, with a more user-friendly, accessible format to make it easier to find information, as well as a PDF version. ECML/CELV > Home. Better Education for Better Democracies. The CEFR Levels. Some of the instruments produced within the Council of Europe have played a decisive role in the teaching of so-called “foreign” languages by promoting methodological innovations and new approaches to designing teaching programmes, notably the development of a communicative approach.

The CEFR Levels

They have facilitated a fresh approach to communicating these teaching methods in a manner potentially more conducive to operational appropriation of unknown languages. By thus identifying language needs, they were able to pinpoint the knowledge and know-how required for attaining this communication “threshold. FACTWorld - Forum for Across the Curriculum Teaching - factworld.info. Content and Language Integrated Learning Europe Eurooppa Cliledu. Higher Education from Cambridge. Do Coyle, University of Edinburgh Do Coyle is Chair in Languages Education and Classroom Pedagogy at the University of Edinburgh.

Higher Education from Cambridge

Oliver Meyer is Head of the Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language at the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz. Together, they have been working on a shared vision for deeper learning across subjects and languages. Cork English College - Cork, Ireland - Language School. Home page - Teacher Training Videos. Pilgrims English Language Courses - 2021 University of Limerick Update. Dear Teachers, As we write, Ireland has still a tight quarantine protocol in force and it is unclear when this is lifted.

Pilgrims English Language Courses - 2021 University of Limerick Update

Under such circumstances, it would be very difficult for the University of Limerick to operate and host us on their campus, so regrettably, we are having to cancel our summer programme. June 2021 - Home. Editorial Pilgrims News Interview with Chaz Pugliese, Director of Education at Pilgrims Various Articles - Teaching English in COVID times Various Articles - Drama in action.

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Linking, developing and supporting English Language Teaching professionals worldwide. Avanguardie Educative - Home. ANILS – Associazione Nazionale Insegnanti Lingue Straniere. Lend - Lingua e Nuova Didattica. TESOL Italy - Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages. Eventi e formazione sulle didattiche attive, creative, inclusive, cooperative e capovolte. PON - Homepage. Ministero dell'Istruzione - Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca.

Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per il Piemonte. Understanding by Design. Overview Understanding by Design is a book written by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe that offers a framework for designing courses and content units called “Backward Design.”

Understanding by Design

Instructors typically approach course design in a “forward design” manner, meaning they consider the learning activities (how to teach the content), develop assessments around their learning activities, then attempt to draw connections to the learning goals of the course. In contrast, the backward design approach has instructors consider the learning goals of the course first.

These learning goals embody the knowledge and skills instructors want their students to have learned when they leave the course. National Foreign Language Resource Centers (NFLRC) Supporting Innovative World Language Learning. Home_Page. Project Zero. MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory.