ArmEducationX: Teaching with Physical Computing: Soft skills, teamwork and the wider curriculum

• Learn about the importance of STEM skills such as teamwork, which are in-demand in the workplace but often deprioritised in education
• Explore some of the important aspects of effective teaching with Project-Based Learning, including engaging and entrusting learners
• Learn methods to communicate the effectiveness of your newly acquired skills and classroom practice to your peers, and to your learner’s parents
• Investigate how to encourage, advocate and organise ‘extra-curricular’ PBL activities, such as hackathons, after school clubs and projects for students
• Find out about the unique ‘Arm School Program’ approach, and how you can uniquely integrate it into your lesson plans
• Finish the course with a classroom investigation, which helps you put your learning into practice

Module 1 Introduction

Module 2 The importance of gracious professionalism

Module 3 Contexts are key

Module 4 Engaging parents (and colleagues)

Module 5 Keeping PBL extra curricula

Module 6 Issues with cross curricular delivery

Module 7 The role of the Senior Leadership Team

Module 8 External partners

Module 9 Adapting and enhancing the ASP PBL approach

Module 10 Classroom investigation