Free online lessons announced to help parents & educators cope with changes to education system
With schools officially closed till the next academic year, students and teachers have been making the most of online resources to finish off the scholastic year. Now, the Education Ministry is announcing a new initiative aimed at parents and educators to assist them during these times.
Free online lessons are scheduled for both groups seperately, with a total of 41 lessons for parents and a training course for teachers.
Lessons for parents are aimed for care-givers wishing to help their children with school work currently being given. These include how one can help children with autism at home, how to entice children to read and write, how one can help children with learning difficulties, how to improve mathematical skills of children, how to collaborate with schools and how to improve orthography in Maltese. A total of 41 lessons will be offered between April and June.
Lessons given to educators will assist teachers in improving their educational competences as well as aid them in their career progression. With a total of 17 lessons offered between April and June, the course aims to cover topics such as inclusion, working together with parents, intercultural communication, how to help the development of children to be able to learn independently and be responsible for their work, how to facilitate learning for those students on the autism spectrum.
At present, 178 educators and 479 parents have already applied for these courses.
If you're a parent and would like to sign up for these lessons, please click here. Teachers can do so by clicking here.