Empowering teachers and students through self-regulated learning

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Course details

What if the secret to improving student learning isn’t about doing more, but doing things differently?

Students spend more than 10,000 hours in school, yet many struggle with knowing how to learn effectively. Teachers, of course, already support their students in countless ways. But when another international report drops with news of declining student performance, it’s hard not to feel the weight of it.

But what if there’s a proven solution that’s been hiding in plain sight?

Enter self-regulated learning (SRL)—a concept that’s backed by over 40 years of research but still underutilized in classrooms. And the best part? Boosting your students’ academic performance and motivation might not require big, time-consuming interventions after all.

This course builds upon the success of the 2022 course “Teaching Life Competences 1 – Shaping Lifelong Learners through Self-Regulated Learning”.

In this enhanced and updated version, you’ll get a taste of:

What SRL is
Why it matters
How you can integrate it into your current teaching practices—quickly and effectively
How knowing the SRL basics will set you up with success when tackling other changes in classroom practice, such as AI developments

Let’s find the quick wins and low-hanging fruit to get you started right away. Ready to join?

This course targets teachers who want to equip their students with a decent set of strategies that will help them achieve their goals within (and beyond) school. It’s a perfect fit for teachers who

are prepared to challenge long-held beliefs if necessary
believe students will perform well if they can
are looking forward to exploring the exact skills that keep students from performing well
are willing to make some small adaptations in their teaching practice so they can increase the impact of what they are already doing in no time

The course is offered by the European School Education Platform. Visit our website for more information.

Duration and workload

Start date: Monday 17 March 2025

End date: Wednesday 23 April 2025

Duration: 5,5 weeks

Workload: 15-20 hours

Course competences

The recipient of this certificate has demonstrated proficiency of the following competences according to the digital competence framework of the European Commission's SELFIE for TEACHERs tool:

Teaching and Learning – Guidance at B1 level
Teaching and Learning – Self-regulated learning at B2 level
Empowering Learners – Differentiation and personalisation at B1 level
Empowering Learners – Actively engaging learners at B1 level

For more information about the competences and the proficiency levels see the SELFIE for TEACHERs toolkit.

Target audience

Teachers of all levels and subjects who are looking for an evidence-based intervention that helps students learn and perform to the best of their capabilities.

Learning objectives

To introduce participants to the concept of self-regulated learning as an important learning and life skill
To provide participants with a thorough understanding of what self-regulated learning is (and what it is not).
To help participants reflect about their current knowledge, beliefs and practices concerning self-regulated learning.
To equip participants with teaching practices that promote self-regulated learning in the classroom.
To help teachers better understand and further improve the effectiveness of their current SRL promotion.
To reflect on the challenges of promoting self-regulated learning in the classroom and ways to overcome them.
To learn more about the assessment of self-regulated learning and discover related activities.
To reflect about participants’ own self-regulated learning and identify strategies to manage their own learning more effectively
To develop a teaching practice focussing on the development of self-regulated learning to be assessed by other peers.
To discover how SRL knowledge can help increase the effectiveness of other classroom interventions, like the use of AI with students

Offered by

This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.