eLearnAfrica
Key Ideas in Mentoring Mathematics Teachers
UCL (University College London)
  • Start Date: 26 Sep, 2022
  • 5 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Develop as a mentor of early career maths teachers through engagement with robust and up-to-date mathematics education research.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Introduction

Introduction Video

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Develop as a mentor of early career maths teachers


On this course, you’ll be led by experts from the UCL Institute of Education as you learn how to support less experienced maths teachers.


This course offers a chance to engage in-course discussion with your peers to help you boost your own subject knowledge in teaching secondary school students and apply new research to your teaching practice.


As a mentor, you’ll use your personal experience to reflect upon and develop further your practice as well as share your expertise with new teachers.


The course leaders regularly run live Q&A sessions on this course. Any upcoming dates in the next month will be advertised under the “Learning on this course” section below.


This course is suitable for those who have been teaching mathematics at secondary school level for at least three years. This background is needed as mentors draw upon their observations and wealth of knowledge as experienced teachers to suggest effective and workable approaches for maths lessons.


This background is necessary for mentors to draw upon their observations and knowledge as experienced teachers.


We recommend that you can access GeoGebra on the device you are using to access the course. The application is based online and offers a free download for a number of its tools.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

UCL (University College London)

UCL was founded in 1826. It was the first English university established after Oxford and Cambridge, the first to open up university education to those previously excluded from it, and the first to provide systematic teaching of law, architecture and medicine.

UCL is among the world’s top universities, as reflected by performance in a range of international rankings and tables. UCL currently has over 35,000 students from 150 countries and over 11,000 staff. UCL’s annual income is more than £1 billion.

 

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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