2. Module Contents Structure: Learning Together
Block 1.
Motivation for
learning
Block 2.
Learning at home
Block 3.
Learning
informally
Block 4.
Home-schooling
Block 5.
A critical approach
to school
3. Learning Block 1:
Motivation for Learning
Related topics
Learning
expectations
Learning
styles
Academic
self-esteem
Studying habits
Dealing with
absenteeism
Learning
methodologies
4. Learning
Block 1:
Motivation
for learning
Activities
• A1: What do I know about my own motivational beliefs for learning...?
• A2: Motivating my children to learn in a responsible way. Discovering career
paths
• A3: Identifying special talents in my child and in myself...?
• A4: Raising apt lifelong learners
• A5: What do I know about my children's motivational beliefs...?
• A6: Learning environments and organisation
5. Parental support
for career
education
Learning Block 2:
Learning at home
Related topics
Parental support
for learning
Social debate on
homework
(amount, time,
families’ cultural
diversity in supporting
children's homework) Learning at home
7. Learning Block 3: Learning
informally
Related topics
Information and
Communication
Technologies
Technologies as
learning tools:
Possibilities,
limitations and
risks
The local
community as a
learning
environment
Learning with
and from our
children
8. Learning Block 3: Learning
informally
Activities
• A1: Which kind of leisure time activities can we do in my family?
• A2: Which leisure time activities children do at different ages?
• A3: Learning informally
14. Didyou
know
that....?
Research shows that families that provide a stimulating,
language-rich, supportive environment for learning have a larger
probability to have children with adequate school adaptation
and achievements.
When children come to school prepared
with proper attitude, habit and skill to
take the fullest advantage of the
teacher’s instruction, their motivation for
in-school learning increases as well as
their self-esteem.
Schools can support parents in providing
a positive learning environment at home.
In return, children's motivation for
learning in-school would help to enhance
the teacher’s own effectiveness and
satisfaction.
A positive learning environment at home is
more a powerful support of children's
school achievements than the parents’ level
of education or socioeconomic status.
Parents can learn a lot from their children,
especially when it comes to ICT tools, but
only if the children are treated as
competent, equal partners
