Course code

KAT7061.HR

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Paindlikkus ja tegevusvõimekus õpetajatöös

Course title in English

Flexibility and Agency in Teaching

ECTS credits

9.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

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

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

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

Course aims

To support the growth of teachers' self-efficacy and professional capacity in fostering the learning of all students in an inclusive classroom by using deliberate information gathering, reflection, and practice development based on research-based knowledge for instructional adaptation.

Brief description of the course

We engage in analyzing and adapting a learning process that supports learning in an inclusive classroom through practical exercises, based on various contemporary core theories. Aspiring teachers practice cognitive empathy and the willingness to understand learners, engaging in scientific analysis and adjustment of the learning process. The focus of the subject is on the following core practices:
I creating a supportive and inclusive learning environment; consciously and systematically integrating social-emotional learning (SEL) into daily teaching to support everyone's well-being, fostering a positive learning environment and a sense of belonging for learners (building respectful relationships and classroom community); supporting students’ self-assessment and reflective skills;
II principles of adapting teaching in an inclusive classroom (interpreting students' thinking and understanding; monitoring and analyzing learners’ progress; consciously applying evidence-based pedagogy to increase students' engagement and active participation in the learning process; differentiating and accommodating learning by using data-driven decisions and flexible teaching strategies);
III applying research-based knowledge in the development of teaching (consciously collecting data during the learning process and analyzing it for the purpose of adapting and developing the education process; implementing evidence-based pedagogy to support the learning of all students; using action research to develop learning and teaching; the teacher as a learning professional, self-development, capacity to act, and conscious reflection).

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- can analyze their own and students' well-being and awareness of mental health and plans actions to support them;
- can apply evidence-based classroom management practices to collaboratively create a caring, cooperative, and inclusive classroom with students;
- can recognize learners' individual differences and needs and supports their learning by adapting instruction and providing purposeful and constructive feedback;
- can collect and analyze data on students' learning progress and plans instructional adjustments accordingly, evaluating the effectiveness of these changes;
- can reflect on and consciously develops their teaching practices, using action research methods (including lesson study).

Teacher

Triin Ulla, ja Katrin Poom-Valickis.

Study programmes containing that course

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Teacher of Estonian Language and Literature (EKEOM/25.HT)
Art Teacher (KUKAM/25.FK)
Teacher of Physical Education (TSKOM/25.LT)
Teacher of Foreign Languages (GRVOM/25.HT)
Teacher of Technology Education (KUIKM/25-o.LT)
Teacher of Several Subjects (KAMOM/25.HR)
Music Teacher (KUMUM/25.FK)