A 2-day training course on good teaching practices and planning for bilingual education in Milan, Italy Sept. 2012

1. GOOD TEACHING
PRACTICES AND
PLANNING FOR
BILINGUAL EDUCATION
MILAN- ITALY-SEPTEMBER 2012
Alberto Garrido BRITISH COUNCIL – Spain -

2. GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES AND PLANNING FOR A BEP
#1 CONTENTS
#2 OBJECTIVES
#3 METHODOLOGY
#4 EVALUATION
Alberto Garrido BRITISH COUNCIL – Spain -

3. GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES &PLANNING FOR A BEP
#1 CONTENTS
ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING ( PRACTICAL APPROACH)
 EXAMPLES OF GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES USING AfL
 A Y3 GEOGRAPHY LESSON WITH AfL TECHNIQUES
HOW TO PLAN & DEVELOP A PBL PROJECT/CROSS-CURRICULAR
PROJECT IN THE BILINGUAL CLASSROOM
 EXAMPLES OF HOW TO DEVELOP CHILDREN’S WRITING SKILLS
BASED ON GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY LESSONS & PROJECTS
Alberto Garrido BRITISH COUNCIL – Spain -

4. GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES &PLANNING FOR A BEP
#2 OBJECTIVES
Reflecting upon your own teaching methods and learning how to implement new
approaches
Producing an outline of a scheme of work/project for geography year 3 in
groups of up to 4.
Developing a simple lesson plan from the above mentioned scheme of
work/project
Receiving feedback from both other participants and trainers
Becoming familiar with the impact for teachers & learners of using
assessment for learning successfully
Having more ideas to develop children’s writing skills and integrating this into
other areas
Raising confidence in teaching areas beyond the limits of a curriculum
Alberto Garrido BRITISH COUNCIL – Spain -

5. GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES &PLANNING FOR A BEP
#3 METHODOLOGY
The training will encourage:
self-evaluation of the teachers’ current teaching
practices and offer practical solutions and alternative
approaches in the following areas:
planning units of work/projects in Geography for Y3
 implementing assessment for learning as part of the
teaching & learning process
 developing children’s writing skills from a cross-
curricular perspective.
Alberto Garrido BRITISH COUNCIL – Spain -

6. GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES &PLANNING FOR A BEP
#4 EVALUATION
Participants will be evaluated through:
Active participation during the sessions.
The production of a practical GEOGRAPHY lesson.
The production of a scheme of work/PROJECT on geography in year 3
The implementation of assessment for learning with feedback from
participants/trainers
the design of an activity to develop children’s writing skills
Alberto Garrido BRITISH COUNCIL – Spain -

7. Alberto Garrido
BRITISH COUNCIL BILINGUAL PROJECT TEACHER &
TRAINER SPAIN