Approaching Learning Difficulties in a school community environment: Teaching children how to learn in Mixed Ability Classes

Course Overview
In our Internet dominated 21st-century multicultural society, academic success is increasingly
dependent on students’ ability to plan their time, organize, prioritize, distinguish main ideas from
details, monitor their own progress and reflect on their work.
This course provides teachers with practical suggestions for scaffolding the teaching of selected
educational, metacognitive strategies in a mixed ability as well as multicultural classroom.
School-based instruction should not only emphasize on the content, or what, of learning but on
the process, or how, as well. Meet colleagues from different countries and be encouraged to
create an inclusive, active and open educational environment where children are taught how to
learn according to their individual needs and learning styles.
Course Methodology
The course is based on “learning by doing and reflecting” training through various collaborative
activities. The content and fundamental information will be introduced through thematic
modules within a group instructional setting. You will be able to gradually generate classroombased as well as home-based strategies suitable not only for children with learning difficulties
but typically developing as well in a multicultural setting.