Course

Small Teaching: Learning Through Connecting

One of the things that distinguishes an expert from a novice is the density of connections between facts, concepts and skills. This course explores how we can help student make those connections that deepen understanding.

This course has been developed with Flower Darby from the Northern Arizona University, USA, and Professor James M. Lang, the author of Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, speaker, education consultant, USA. The course includes short videos, activities, and discussion prompts. In this course you will learn: 

  • The value of making connections and the evidence base for its impact on student learning, 
  • How to incorporate connecting activities into the teaching sessions, both face to face and online,  
  • Principles that you can use to apply and adapt connecting activities to your own context. 

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  • 20 minutes
  • 6 Lessons
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