Learning outcomes

This course will help participants to further their teaching competencies by:

• Getting to know and apply important aspects of efficient and effective learning in the classroom;
• Designing and teaching exemplary lesson sequences and receiving (video) feedback afterwards;
• Matching learning content and context with the appropriate methods, media and material;
• Implementing strategies of ensuring motivation of each individual in the learning group;
• (Pro)actively dealing with emerging disturbances and conflicts;
• Productively reflecting on their role and identity as a teacher.

Tentative schedule

• Day 1 – Course introduction & learner types
  • Contracting
    • Expectations, goals, rules, roles
    • Setting the frame and maintaining it
  • Communicating in the classroom I
    • Ensuring comprehensibility & establishing rapport
  • Presenting contents and oneself 
    • Appropriately applying body language, voice & words
  • Teaching according to learner types 
    • Sensory needs of learners & degree of retention
• Day 2 – Motivating learners & brain-appropriate teaching
  • Motivating learners
    • Listening actively with emotional intelligence
    • Taking care of learners‘ psychological needs
    • Furthering interactivity in and beyond the classroom
  • Brain-appropriate teaching
    • Learners’ need for sense, connection, application & repetition
• Day 3 – Conflict management & solving of participants’ professional issues
  • (Proactively) Dealing with disturbances and conflicts
    • Group dynamics
    • Ensuring a productive work environment with assertiveness (I-language)
    • Mediating conflictual situations
  • Solving “burning” issues
    • Peer counseling & coaching
• Day 4 – Designing and teaching lessons (sequences) I
  • Designing interactive lessons
    • Learning sandwich
    • Defining learning goals & managing time
    • Giving lessons a thematic, formal, goal- & needs-oriented and didactic structure
  • Teaching a newly designed or revised lesson sequence
    • Matching learning content & context with appropriate methods, media & material
    • Giving & receiving resources-oriented feedback (on request with video feedback)
• Day 5 – Teaching lessons (sequences) II & self-reflection
  • Teaching a newly designed or revised lesson sequence (continued)
  • Self-reflection
    • My teaching competencies
    • Roles of a teacher
• Day 6 – Course closure & cultural activities
• Course closure
  • Course evaluation: round up of acquired competences, feedback, and discussion;
    • Lessons learned and action plan
  • Awarding of the course Certificate of Attendance.

Prague
2023

04. 12. - 08. 12. 

Prague
2024

03. 06. - 07. 06.
21. 10. - 25. 10.