SCHOOL EDUCATION_ Study Guide

LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION: actors and processes of school education

Aim

Students will develop of an adequate professional understanding of what the processes of teaching and learning entail. 

Content

  • teacher's activity - teaching
  • learner's activity - learning
  • instruction as interaction between teaching and learning
  • self-regulated learning - learning competence

Key Concepts

  • teaching
  • learning
  • instruction
  • self-regulated learning
  • learning competences
  • metacognition

Outcomes

In this module we will aim to contribute to the development of an adequate (professional) understanding of what the processes of teaching and learning entail. On completion of the module you will be able to:

(a) operate adequately in a professional manner with the concepts discussed,

b) understand the interdependence of teaching and learning,

c) appreciate the importance of competence for learning in the context of self-regulated and lifelong learning.