Educational Cognitive Psychology
STOP WASTING TIME PLANNING THE PERFECT LESSON!
START TARGETING STUDENT LEARNING STYLES FOR
BETTER SCAFFOLDED KNOWLEDGE - and waste less time!
INTRODUCING... TEACH SMARTER
Teach Smarter online course explains cognition and meta-cognition. Cognition is the process of thinking and meta-cognition is the process of your thinking about your thinking. We explore how the brain takes in new information and stores it for declarative knowledge. Understanding the cognitive and meta-cognitive processes helps us as teachers, develop a deeper understanding of our student cognitive and meta-cognitive thought processes and learning styles. We can relate to what's going on for student cognitive neural pathways. This forms the basis of transformational teaching and student learning practices.
Included in the online course are resources to help start directly teaching to your strengths and to student learning styles. We will explore how to change classroom learning practices that work for personalities rather than abilities.
Course Curriculum
Sarah's Testimonial
Kindergarten Teacher
I liked hearing about the multiple intelligence's as a refresher and being introduced to the "Naturalistic" intelligence. Good to reflect on children's learning styles at Kindy and how we can build on these.
Angela's Testimonial
Kindergarten Teacher
I enjoyed learning more about the brain (cognition) - different areas and what they do. I also enjoyed touching on learning styles.
Trudi's Testimonial
Early Childhood Educator
It was so interesting! I was unaware of considering the children's learning styles within the Kindy setting.
Hi, I’m Sarah Courtney. Professional development online course creator for TEACH SMARTER.
I'm a qualified teacher, mum of 3, wife of 14 years, business owner, blogger and entreprenuer. I created TEACH SMARTER online masterclass based on one of my postgraduate semesters in Master of Education, Cognitive Psychology and Learning Practices. I've condense a whole semester of my degree into a 1-2 hour professional development expertise for you.
BONUS #1 Lesson plan template to start teaching to your strengths and students learning styles for specific teaching and learning.
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BONUS #2 Unit plan template to plan subject lesson sequence initiating the self-regulated learning cycle. This will be explained in your tranformational teaching and learning section.
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BONUS #3 Class assessment for targeting learning styles. This will help teachers plan for future learning activities targeting the process each individual student learns easier.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
- How long does TEACH SMARTER take to complete? 1-2 hours.
- Will I need to complete this at work? No, the best part is that you can use your mobile for this masterclass. It would be best if you printed the worksheets prior to starting.
- Can anyone do this course? No. This course is for teachers, early childhood educators, educational consultants, mentors, coaches, guidance counsellors and parents.
- Would I be able to take my time with this? Yes! This course is suited for you to try anytime and any place. So if you need to pause and come back to complete it that's fine. You will simply be at the same spot you left as the course autosaves as you progress.
- What is TEACH SMARTER about? It's a whole semester of a postgraduate Master of Education, cognitive psychology and learning practices condensed into a 1-2 hour masterclass. I'll explain how to understand the process of cognition (which is thinking about thinking) and metacognition (your thinking about your thinking process). Then I'll show you how to put this into creating tranformational teaching and learning classroom for targeting each student's learning styles.
