Exploring Inclusive Pedagogies

Ensure you’re meeting every learner’s needs, including those most at risk of exclusion, by developing inclusive teaching skills with this online course from the British Council.

Duration

3 weeks

Weekly study

4 hours

100% online

How it works

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Examine the impact of inclusive pedagogies in primary and secondary education

Inclusive pedagogies can help create a fair and thriving learning environment for every student.

On this three-week course, you’ll delve into the pedagogical practices of inclusive education and discover how you can ensure all students have the chance to fulfil their potential within your school.

Create an inclusive learning environment with improved classroom management strategies

Inclusive learning environments promote fairness, equality, and support in their everyday frameworks and practices.

On this course, you’ll examine the concept of inclusion and the issues surrounding it. Using behaviour management techniques and whole classroom strategies, you’ll learn how to establish a classroom environment where students feel safe and able to learn.

With this knowledge, you can identify areas for improvement schoolwide and plan ways to promote inclusion across all teaching.

Investigate how to differentiate and promote inclusive learning in your classroom

There are a number of key concepts affecting educational inclusivity, including unconscious bias, medical and social models, and differentiation.

You’ll explore each of these factors and ways to address their impact on learning. You’ll learn practical teaching strategies to ensure individual learning needs are met within your classroom setting.

Develop an ethos of inclusion within the school community

Stepping beyond the classroom, you’ll explore how inclusive pedagogies can provide a foundation for your whole school ethos or mission statement. By doing so, you can ensure that your students remain supported throughout their school journey.

By the end of this course, you’ll have explored the concept of inclusive pedagogies and how these can be developed and embedded into educational frameworks.

  • Week 1

    Understanding inclusion

    • Introduction to exploring inclusive pedagogies

      Learn about the concept of inclusion and its importance to teaching.

    • Looking at the concept of inclusion

      This section aims to develop a better understanding of inclusion and raise awareness of the challenges involved in creating inclusive classrooms, schools, and communities.

    • Exploring inclusion in schools

      Now let's take a closer look at issues that can prevent the development of inclusion within schools.

    • Review

      Reflect on what you've learned this week.

  • Week 2

    Promoting inclusion in the classroom

    • Inclusion in the classroom

      An introduction to this week's learning objectives.

    • Medical and social models

      Learn about the medical and the social models of disability. These models play a big part in how we approach students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

    • Creating an inclusive ethos through classroom management

      Reflect on and discuss ways of managing the classroom that promote inclusion.

    • Review

      Reflect on what you've learned this week.

  • Week 3

    Reflection, action planning and going beyond the classroom

    • Reflecting on practice

      Consider advice for effective reflection upon your teaching practice in relation to inclusion.

    • Action planning

      It's now time to create an action plan that will help you to apply inclusive teaching practices and reflect upon their effectiveness.

    • Towards an inclusive school community

      Learn ways of promoting inclusion across the entire school community.

    • Review and next steps

      Reflect on what you've learned this week.

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