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Karen Hornby, Rachel Jackson, Tim Jay, Matt Cornock, Paul Howard-Jones, Konstantina Ioannou, and Arwa Omar

Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for teachers Teaching assistants, tutors and ITT may also benefit, though the course will be framed within teaching classroom contexts. You will need recent classroom experience to benefit from the reflective activities on this course. You can use the hashtag #FLSTEMScienceOfLearning to talk about this course on social media.

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Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for teachers Teaching assistants, tutors and ITT may also benefit, though the course will be framed within teaching classroom contexts. You will need recent classroom experience to benefit from the reflective activities on this course. You can use the hashtag #FLSTEMScienceOfLearning to talk about this course on social media.

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  • Learning to learn: introduction to the science of learning, busting myths and helping you use research to inform your classroom practice
  • Engagement for learning
  • Construction of learning
  • Consolidation of learning
  • Plasticity of the brain
  • Becoming an action researcher

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