The Economist Educational Foundation has created a free online teacher-training course to support teachers to bring discussions about the news into their classrooms.
Teaching the News is hosted on Springboard, a free-to-use education platform from Infosys. All you’ll need to do is set up a free account to access the course!
You’ll learn:
- Why it’s so important to support the children you teach to have meaningful discussions about the news
- How to manage discussions about sensitive and complex topics in the classroom
- Tips for developing the essential skills to build news literacy
- A range of student-led discussion activities
Each course module comes with an accompanying fully-resourced 60-90 minute lesson for you to try in your classroom!
The course is suitable for teachers of students aged 10+ with a B2 level English or higher.
