Special Education Classroom:
Effective Strategies and Productive
Learning Environment
Programme of training activities day-by-day:
SUNDAY
Arrival and accommodation at the hotel: Ice – breaking meeting (optional)
MONDAY
Welcome and registration; Team-Building Activity;
Module 1: Introduction to Special Education:
- Learning Outcomes
- Special Education and Legalisation
- Teachers' Responsibilities for Special Education
- The Individual Educational Plan
- The Value of Inclusive Education
- Categories of Disabilities
- Introduction to Special Education: Summary and Discussions
TUESDAY
Module 2: Learning Disabilities:
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction to learning Disabilities
- Assisting a student with a Learning Disability
- Conclusion of the day: Summary and Discussions
WEDNESDAY
Module 3: Teaching Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
THURSDAY
Module 4: Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities
FRIDAY
Module 5: Strategies in teaching Students with Behavioural Disorders
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
Cultural and Sightseeing Activities
MONDAY
Module 6: Working with Students with Physical Disabilities and Sensory Impairments
TUESDAY
Module 7:
- Communicative, linguistic, physical, sensory, behavioural and cognitive differences in the learning process in multicultural classroom
- Assessment Techniques in Special Education Classroom
WEDNESDAY
Feedback, course conclusion and evaluation and dissemination focus
Drama as a Teaching Tool in Education
MONDAY
Welcome and registration
Introduction: The Origin of Drama and Drama as an Educational Tool
12 Ways to Use Drama in the Curriculum: Energizers and Warm-ups; Mime Exercises; Verbal Strategies; Role Play
TUESDAY
Drama Strategies/Techniques:
WEDNESDAY
Workshop: Directing Plays with Students of different grades
THURSDAY
Workshop: Using Drama Activities and Strategies to Foster teaching English as foreign Language
FRIDAY
Working with video; Video clip making
Forming a Drama Club: Selecting a Play and Adapting the Literature Source
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
Cultural and Sightseeing Activities
MONDAY
Workshop: Teaching Drama: Lesson Plans
TUESDAY
Workshop: Linking Drama and Social and Emotional Aspects (SEAL) of Learning
Course Conclusion: Red – Hot Process Drama Tools for more Effective and Exciting Teaching
WEDNESDAY
Feedback, course evaluation and dissemination focus
ourse Conclusion: Red – Hot Process Drama Tools for more Effective and Exci
"Digital Classroom: Using ICT in Education"
Course Programme:
Working language:
English
Methodology:
The methodological approach includes: Think‐Pair‐Share; Reciprocal Teaching; Think‐Aloud Pair Problem Solving (TAPPS); Group Grid; Group Writing Assignments; Brainstorming; Group discussion; Group survey; Critical debates; Three-Step Interview. Cooperative Learning, which will be the primary focus of this workshop, is a specific kind of Collaborative Learning. Students will work together in groups on a structured activity. They will be individually accountable for their work, and the work of the group as a whole will be also assessed. Cooperative groups will work face-to-face and learn to work as a team. In small groups students will have a chance to share strengths and also to develop their weaker skills. At the end of the course the participants will be given an Attendance Certificate and Europass Mobility Certificate.
Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
Participants will learn about the theory and practice of e-learning and its prospects. During the course the course lecturer will present a variety of software solutions aiming at creation and maintenance of a digital classroom in subjects from the sphere of humanities and social sciences. Participants will acquire and share experience of working in the digital classroom environments and learning management systems, new media, and in the context of cyber culture.
SUNDAY
Arrival and accommodation at the hotel; Ice – breaking meeting
MONDAY
Welcome and registration
Ice – breaking meeting.
Introduction to ICT in Education (Humanities and Social Sciences).
In the digital classroom – innovations and challenges. Key terminology.
How to use Google in the classroom?
TUESDAY
Discussion and team work: national strategies for e-learning, distance learning and open learning in digital environment
Using Blogs in the Classroom.
Multimedia tools: audio and video.
WEDNESDAY
Synchronous and asynchronous online communication in the learning process.
Computer-mediated communication and Social Media.
Quizzes, Tests and Exams online.
THURSDAY
Building learning communities online. Social networking for learning. Web 2.0 tools for online learning
FRIDAY
Digital games and learning. Typology of games. Games in the context of new media. E-games and foreign languages learning.
Word games online. Serious games and simulations in the digital classroom;
Group work: evaluation of e-games for learning
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Cultural and sightseeing activities
MONDAY
How to design your own Website
Group work: making tests and quizzes in the subject field of the participants
TUESDAY
Discussion: Digital or traditional classroom: a matter of choice?
WEDNESDAY
09:00 – 11:00 Feedback, course evaluation and dissemination focus
BESPOKE ERASMUS+ KA1 TRAINING COURSES ANYWHERE IN EUROPE
Dear potential participants,
We would like to inform you, that as an Erasmus+ KA1 Course Provider, in addition to our present courses, we can prepare training courses to your own specific requirements in connection with the subject and the aims of your Mobility Project, in any period and location that are suitable for your organisation.
