Course information

This course is suitable for teachers of all subjects and of all levels.

Your overall task, as a course participant, is to write a concrete working manual - a CODEX - for your school, your educational institution, your subject, or for your own individual teaching mission.

The views on teaching/learning as pronounced in The Seven Keys ( See |Self-reliant Learning| at the very bottom of this page) make up the basic pedagogical platform. Very briefly:

The teacher's prime concern is to provide optimal learning opportunities and to guide the individual learner towards clear and realistic goals. The learner's prime concern is to become an increasingly efficient self-reliant learner. Both teachers and learners start their work from clear goal-orientation through analysis and understanding. Both teachers and learners are well aware of all the available resources and their potential. Both teachers and learners make sure they create the best possible communicative environment that supports teacher-learner communication and facilitates motivation. Both teachers and learners make sure they create the best possible communicative environment that supports a high degree of learner participation. Both teachers and learners make sure they create a communicative environment that facilitates individualized planning. The teacher guides all the learners in the use of brain-friendly working methods that give lasting results and raise their metacognitive levels. Both teachers and learners are well aware of the principles and the use of assessment and grading. Both teachers and learners are well aware of the principles and the use of evaluation.