As teachers we’ve faced an increasing number of complex challenges linked to social and technological developments over the last decades. These new challenges question the traditional role of teachers and students. Students’ access to an immense knowledge repository online, always at their fingertips, calls into question the role of the teacher as a source and transmitter of knowledge. The growing diversity of students’ educational or cultural backgrounds, as well as the changing nature of career paths and jobs, questions the usefulness of standardised curricula and teaching practices we have grown accustomed to.

In the TeachUP course series, we explore how you can address these challenges by adopting a series of teaching and learning approaches which reflect the changing role of teachers and students in schools. All courses are specifically targeted at both practising teachers as well as student teachers still in training. Student teachers are particularly encouraged to join, as the courses help to set out a practicable path for them to develop into reflective and effective practitioners right from the start of their career.

Enrol now on our fourth and final course of the series, Developing Creative Thinking Skills in Practice – are my students learning to creatively solve problems? where we examine what creative thinking is all about, why it is important, and how it can be developed in our classrooms. As part of the course, you will encounter examples of practice, discuss and interact with peers, and prepare a lesson plan for use in your teaching.