| Participants are encouraged
to interact with one another using the communication
tools (forum, chat, e-mail) provided by the CPD
College learning system. Active facilitation throughout
the duration of the course provides expert guidance
and feedback for all participants.
A number of activities and assignments, which
invite critical analysis and a reasoned response,
are interposed with the text in this highly interactive
web-based course.On completion of the course,
the participant will be able to download a certificate
and their own personal CPD record. The CPD record
details the time the student spent on the course,
the student's responses to assignment questions
and an assessment of the student's engagement
with the course from the course facilitator. |
Summer Courses for Primary Teachers
This
self-paced on-line course examines the processes
children go through when learning to read and write
and shows how phonic knowledge is integral to these
processes. Through this course, you will gain an in-depth
understanding of the synthetic-phonics approach
and will learn how best to apply this knowledge in the
classroom. The course also includes a number of useful
teaching resources and demonstrates how they can be
used to facilitate the children's learning. The final
part of the course examines the findings of recent studies,
which confirm the importance of phonics in the teaching
of reading. 
