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Supporting Students in School Environment

Course code

KAP6009.HR

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Õpilase toetamine koolikeskkonnas

Course title in English

Supporting Students in School Environment

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester

Siiri Evard (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2026/2027 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The aim of the subject is to develop an understanding of the importance of a safe, supportive and socio-emotional school and classroom environment, and to provide knowledge and skills for consciously designing classroom structure, relationships, behavioral expectations and practices that support learning. The course supports the readiness to notice the different developmental and socio-emotional needs of learners and to plan teaching in a way that supports the participation, self-regulation and sense of belonging of all learners.

Brief description of the course

Safe and supportive classroom and school environment. The role of relationships and a sense of security in learning. Teacher's options for supporting students' well-being and sense of belonging. Bullying prevention. Student motivation and basic psychological needs. Structured classroom environment: Shaping classroom culture. Agreements, routines and procedures in the classroom. Supporting behavior through clear expectations and supportive points of reference. Supporting students' cognitive processes. Basic processes of self-regulation and their systematic development. Laws of children's social and emotional development. Supporting positive relationships, social skills and emotion regulation. An environment supporting developmental beliefs. Teacher's communication skills, feedback and overcoming communication barriers. Self-messages. Universally designed learning. Supporting learners in need of support through the development of social-emotional skills.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- explains the role of a safe, supportive and structured classroom environment in supporting learners' well-being, participation, self-regulation and learning;
- analyzes the role of the teacher in creating a safe environment, positive relationships, a sense of belonging, and a classroom culture that prevents bullying;
- prepares a reasoned action plan to support classroom structure, including the creation of agreements, routines, procedures, and points of contact that support behavior;
- designs tools and work methods that support learners' cognitive processes, attention, and basic self-regulation processes;
- plans activities to support positive relationships, social skills and emotion regulation in the classroom;
- analyzes the support and inhibition of basic psychological needs in the classroom and offers appropriate pedagogical solutions;
- prepares feedback messages and self-messages that support learning, relationships and development beliefs, and analyzes communication barriers;
- uses scientific literature and the principles set out in the PGS to justify practical pedagogical choices;
- designs universal and needs-based opportunities to support the participation, sense of belonging, and social-emotional skills of learners in need of support;
- analyzes his professional readiness as a designer of a safe, structured and social-emotional development-supporting class environment.

Teacher

Siiri Evard

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