Courses on STP-PLM
How can I use questions to deepen my students’ learning in the EL classroom? What should I consider when planning key questions, using questions to deepen learning, checking for understanding and providing feedback to enable my students to attain the intended learning outcomes?
Overview
Skilful questioning is a fundamental pedagogical skill for every teacher. Ample research evidence points to the integral role skilful questioning plays to inspire learners, to deepen their learning and to stimulate critical and inventive thinking. In this Singapore Teaching Practice-Professional Learning Module (STP-PLM), participants will have opportunities to learn about the STP teaching considerations and Teaching Actions in the STP Teaching Areas such as planning key questions, using questions to deepen learning as well as checking for understanding and providing feedback.
Learning Goals
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- recognise the purposes of skilful questioning to promote student engagement, learning and metacognition;
- apply the considerations in planning for skilful questioning;
- formulate appropriate questions for students to attain the desired learning outcomes; and
- enact skilful questioning in EL lessons.
Course Structure
Target Participants
EL KP, TLs and Teachers who teach at the primary and secondary levels, and EL Teachers at the primary and secondary levels who have participated in ELIS’s SFEd courses on Differentiating Instruction and Inquiring Through Dialogue in Primary and Secondary EL Classrooms
Registration
Please register on OPAL2.0 using this code: EL-000144 from Fri, 22 Dec 2023. Closing date for registration: Mon, 26 Feb
For enquiries, please contact:
Mr Benson Pang (Academy Officer/Pedagogy) at benson_pang@moe.gov.sg.