Girls' Day School Trust
- Start Date: 18 Sep, 2017
- 4 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
How can teachers help close the gender gap? Get guidance on helping girls achieve their potential with this free online course.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
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The behaviours that the education system rewards – studying, careful preparation, patient climbing from one level to the next – seem to give women an advantage academically. Yet in the world of work, people hire and promote based on character as much as on formal qualifications.
Through examining what should be experienced by young women in the classroom this course aims to start a conversation between teachers about how to best help girls succeed in the classroom and beyond, as well as offering authoritative advice, guidance and practical solutions.
Understand the factors that affect girls at school
Before exploring teaching strategies that work in the classroom, we will first examine the significant factors that influence girls’ learning experiences. In particular we’ll look at the strategies that develop character in a way that supports academic success in school and professional success after school. We will also examine and discuss the factors that can inhibit girls reaching their full potential in school and in their future careers.
Get guidance on helping girls achieve their potential
This course will give you practical steps to enhance the quality of learning for girls; after all, how pupils learn is as important as what they learn. We will examine different aspects of pedagogy that are ‘girl-friendly’ according to research and experience, and that also develop and promote character traits such as independence, resilience, collaborative working, problem solving and confidence.
These approaches include: collaborative learning, challenge and problem solving, and ways of developing social interaction. You’ll then work on evaluating the impact of such approaches in your own school and identify any issues you might face.
Learn from the GDST
The GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust) is the leading group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, with nearly 4,000 staff, and 20,000 students between the ages of three and 18. Founded in 1872, the GDST has a long history of pioneering innovation in the education of girls - in fact this course coincides with a research project going on within our schools, and much of the course has been created using this cutting edge research.
This course has been created for those who shape the learning experiences of girls in schools - this might mean teachers, middle and senior leaders in schools, school governors and parents.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
Girls' Day School Trust
The Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) is the leading group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, with nearly 4,000 staff, and 20,000 students between the ages of three and 18. As a charity that owns and runs a network of 24 schools and two academies in England and Wales, it reinvests all its income in its schools. Founded in 1872, the GDST has a long history of pioneering innovation in the education of girls and leads the field in a variety of ways. The number of girls studying STEM subjects and modern foreign languages, feats on the sports field, and success in exam grades and university destinations achieved are all examples of trails it blazes.
The GDST network makes all the difference to how it teaches, how it manages itself and makes plans, how much it can reinvest and how well it can help girls perform confidently on a national level as well as within their schools. The network also makes a difference to how much the GDST supports girls after they leave. No other school or group of schools has an alumnae network comparable to the size and scope of the GDST. With 67,000 members involved in a wide range of activities all over the world, GDST alumnae network members benefit from networking both socially and professionally, face to face and online.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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Effective Date: September 22, 2016