As the title suggests, Learners and Learning is the unit that addresses most directly the fundamental, core business of schooling. The purpose of the unit is to develop the understanding about the concept of learning.  It accordingly promotes a theoretically understanding of what learning is, how it takes place, and how teachers may go about organizing systematic learning.  The unit also gives an insight to the participants about learning theories and its application in the classroom. The unit also enables teachers to analyze learning, and, in so doing, to reflect on what they can do to improve it.

Learning Outcomes :

After the completion of the course the participants will be able to:

• Review and refine their own understanding of the term learning
• Examine if their current teaching practices meet the learning styles of the learners in their classroom
• Interpret learning theories in light of classroom practices and design plans to use the theoretical perspectives into classroom application
• Evaluate their own teaching practices in light of the principles of learning

Teachers play vital roles in the lifetimes of the pupils in their schoolrooms. Teachers are best known for the role of educating the students that are given in their charge. Beyond that, teachers serve many other functions in the classroom. Teachers ensure emotional, social, and psychological safety of their learners, construct a warm environment, nurture students intellectual skills, become role models, and support children in case they fall behind in their progress.

Learning Outcomes :

After the completion of the course the participants will be able to:

• Analyze their own role and responsibility as a teacher in comparison to teachers working around the globe
• Recognize their own teaching style and reflect how their teaching style impacts the learners in the classroom
• Compare and contrast their own teaching characteristics with that of the 21^st century teaching requirements

The unit describes in detail the importance and role of curriculum in a school. Curriculum plays an important role in creating the base of education. Hence a professional training in how to develop curriculum can be effective to learn the process. In order for curriculum development to be effective and schools to be successful, teachers must be involved in the development process. An effective curriculum should reflect the philosophy, goals, objectives, learning experiences, instructional resources, and assessments that comprise a specific educational program. The unit will also help unfold how the terms related to the word curriculum are interchangeably used. The unit will also assist teachers to look at their own school curriculum in light of the national curriculum.

Learning Outcomes :

After the completion of the course participants will be able to:

• Distinguish between the terms: curriculum, syllabus, scheme of studies and pacing guides
• Examine their own school curriculum in light of the national curriculum
• Understand different types of curriculum and relate these to their own school context

In this unit, participants would learn how to effectively plan for their class. The unit includes techniques designed to engage students at the start of a learning session. Teachers will discover strategies to segment learning with active learning practices. Through this unit participants will take a deep dive in understanding the need for planning in detail about the class including objectives, strategies, content, resources, and assessment.  Teachers would also understand that in an online course, teachers use the same principles for planning an employ technique that would benefit online learning.

Learning Outcomes :

After the completion of the course the participants will be able to:

• Understand the importance and role of planning in day to day classroom routines
• Design lessons based on the concept of engaging students meaningfully
• Construct questions and lesson objectives that promote higher order thinking
• Acquire skills to reflect on their planning critically and research om how to improvise their planning

Planning a unit or lesson involves a number of instructional decisions.  Instructional approaches that are structured, sequenced, and led by teachers are the most important aspect of teaching. The unit informs the participants how different instructional Strategies determine the approach a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives. During this unit would learn to use instructional methods to create learning environments and to specify the nature of the activity in which the teacher and learner will be involved during the lesson.

Learning Outcomes :

After the completion of the course the participants will be able to:

• compare and contrast between instructional methods, approaches and strategies
• distinguish between the different instructional strategies and their use in the classroom
• design lessons with different instructional strategies and report back on the implementation
• research on the practical application of the relevant strategies as per their own school context

A learning environment is a diverse platform where learners engage and interact to learn new skills. Developing an engaging and positive learning environment for learners, especially of a class whether face to face or online, is one of the most creative aspects of teaching. Typically, the focus is either on the physical learning environments like lecture theaters, classrooms, or labs; or on different technologies that are used to develop online learning environments. In this unit participants will learn how learners can learn in an array of settings, whether a traditional or an innovative classroom. Another important responsibility of the teacher is to develop a learning environment where students feel motivated to learn within the boundaries and expectations of a safe classroom. 

Learning Outcomes :

After the completion of the course participants will be able to:

• interpret different aspects of a learning environment and evaluate their own current class context in relation.
• understand how a positive class climate is to be maintained
• acquire skills to manage classroom behavior using positive disciplining techniques
• assess different behaviors patterns of the learners in their classroom and plan for effective lessons in relation

Assessment is becoming increasingly important in the field of education as a means for demonstrating and promoting quality in student learning. However, this is also an area of much confusion for the schools and teachers. Teachers are often confused about different assessment techniques being used. This unit provides an overview of the evaluation and assessment of student learning from a variety of perspectives, including the assessment of not only individual students, groups of students but their own teaching. The unit will in detail illustrate that how assessment is conducted continuously and at certain time frames by teachers with a purpose to improve students learning. Objectives: Participants will be able to: differentiate between types of assessments and which type of assessment will meet which learning requirements recognize the important of marking and grading in their own context design test items that promote critical thinking and deep learning learn to provide effective and precise feedback to the learners using modern technologies

Positive relationships in schools are central to the well-being of both students and teachers and underpin an effective learning environment. This unit describes that these are based in an natural framework throughout the school system. What happens in one part of the school impacts on what happens elsewhere. In this unit participants will explore what schools might do to increase the level of positive relationships within the school community. The unit will give an insight into improving students' relationships with teachers has important, positive, and long-lasting implications for both students' academic and social development.

Learning Outcomes :

After the completion of the course the Participants will be able to:

• reflect upon the current school relations and the gaps present in relation
• create strategies to build positive relationships both within the school and with the community
• strategize techniques to promote the role of parental involvement in the school