This course focuses on Teaching for Understanding, helping educators move beyond content delivery toward classrooms where thinking, meaning-making, and inquiry are central. It supports teachers in translating well-designed plans into responsive, student-centred classroom practice—where learners actively question, connect, and apply ideas.

Educators will explore how understanding develops through dialogue, modelling, and purposeful questioning, and how misconceptions can be surfaced and used productively. The course emphasises continuous checks for understanding, enabling teachers to adjust instruction in real time and keep learning aligned with student needs. Rooted in the belief of improving 1% at a time, this course equips educators to make small, intentional shifts that lead to deeper learning every day.

🔑 Key Highlights:

• Understand what teaching for understanding truly looks like in practice.
• Shift from teacher-led delivery to inquiry-driven learning experiences.
• Use questioning and dialogue to deepen student thinking.
• Build a classroom culture that values curiosity, reflection, and reasoning.

📘 What You Will Learn:

From Delivery to Understanding
Recognise the difference between covering content and helping students construct meaning.

Uncovering Student Thinking
Learn strategies to reveal misconceptions and use them to strengthen learning.

Questioning, Dialogue, and Modelling
Use purposeful talk and thinking routines to support inquiry-based learning.

Responsive Teaching Practices
Apply ongoing checks for understanding to adapt instruction effectively.

Creating a Culture of Thinking
Foster safe, engaging classrooms where curiosity, reflection, and deep engagement are the norm.