Programa de cursos integrados Teaching Writing

• Qual é a política de reembolso?

  Se você se inscrever, terá 7 dias para testar sem custo e, durante este período, pode cancelar sem multa. Depois disso, não reembolsamos, mas você pode cancelar sua inscrição a qualquer momento. Veja nossa política para o reembolso total.

• Posso me inscrever em um único curso?

  Sim! Para começar, clique na carta de curso que lhe interessa e se inscreva. Você pode se inscrever e concluir o curso para ganhar um certificado compartilhável ou você pode auditar para ver os materiais do curso de graça. Quando você se inscrever em um curso que faz parte de uma especialização, você está automaticamente inscrito para a especialização completa. Visite o seu painel de aluno para acompanhar o seu progresso.

• Existe algum auxílio financeiro disponível?

  Sim. Em programas de aprendizado selecionados, você pode solicitar auxílio financeiro ou uma bolsa de estudos caso não consiga pagar a taxa de inscrição. Se o auxílio financeiro ou bolsa de estudos estiver disponível para a seleção do seu programa de aprendizado, você encontrará um link para se inscrever na página de descrição.

• Posso fazer o curso gratuitamente?

  Quando se inscrever no curso, você terá acesso a todos os cursos na Especialização e ganhará um certificado quando concluir o trabalho. Se você só quiser ler e visualizar o conteúdo do curso, pode auditar o curso gratuitamente. Se não puder pagar a taxa, você pode solicitar ajuda financeira.

• Este curso é realmente 100% on-line? Eu preciso assistir alguma aula pessoalmente?

  Este curso é totalmente on-line, então não existe necessidade de aparecer em uma sala de aula pessoalmente. Você pode acessar suas palestras, leituras e atribuições a qualquer hora e qualquer lugar, via web ou dispositivo móvel.

• Quanto tempo é necessário para concluir a Especialização?

  Each course contains three or four modules, and each module should take one week to complete. The specialization has sixteen modules total, so learners should plan on 16 to 18 weeks total time.

• What background knowledge is necessary?

  Teaching experience is helpful but not necessary. An interest in teaching, plus a desire to use writing in some capacity in your teaching, will allow you to earn the greatest benefits.

• Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?

  It's best if you take the first course, "Teaching Writing as Process," first, since they provides a framework for the other courses. After completing the first course, you may take the other courses in any order you wish, with the Final Project being taken last.

• Vou ganhar créditos universitários por concluir a Especialização?

  Completing the Specialization does not include university credit.

• What will I be able to do upon completing the Specialization?

  If you teach now, you'll be able to incorporate new strategies and practices to help improve your students' writing. You may be able to use the Specialization courses for professional development credit at your school. You may also become a teacher leader who can share what you have learned about teaching writing with your colleagues. If you're hoping to teach in the future, you will bring an impressive understanding of the theories and practices behind teaching writing to any job interview, along with the confidence that comes with entering your classroom with a full toolbox of ways to teach writing.

• I have no teaching experience. Will I be able to do everything asked in the courses?

              Absolutely. You don’t need teaching experience to do everything asked, and to benefit from these courses. We’ll provide options such as “what do you do (in a particular situation), or what would you do once you begin teaching?” Even if you’re not a teacher yet, we ask you only to begin to think like a teacher. If you have some idea of what grade level or subject you’d like to teach in the future, so much the better, but even that isn’t necessary.

• I teach privately but not in an academic setting. Can I benefit from this specialization?

  Yes. Everything in these courses is geared toward providing the flexibility for you to adapt the learning to your own personal situation. For example, we might talk about the value of and best practices for using a mentor text with your students. The core principles taught will be the same for everyone, but clearly, the mentor text a fourth-grade teacher chooses will be different from one a twelfth-grade teacher chooses, and different as well from what someone teaching in a private setting might select.

   

• I’m not an English teacher. I teach Science, but I’d like my students to write more. Will this specialization help me?

  Definitely. All you need is the desire to use writing in your classes, regardless of the discipline you teach. It’s especially exciting – and rewarding for their students – when non-English or Language Arts teachers bring writing into their content areas. In these courses, you’ll learn techniques and practices to add to your already existing toolbox, and you might discover some new ideas as well. The key is in staying on the lookout for ways to adapt what you’re learning to your own specific discipline and situation.

   

• I teach writing, but I don’t enjoy doing it myself. Will I have to do much writing in these courses?

  There will be a fair amount of writing in each of these courses, via Discussion prompts and Peer Review assignments. However, you’ll be given clear instructions for all the writing you’re asked to do, and we’ll start small, with non-stressful, low-risk writings to help you grow more comfortable with writing. You might even find some of the techniques covered in the Specialization’s second course, “Teaching Reluctant Writers,” will work for you as well. Even if a particular writing seems to ask you to step outside your comfort zone, use it as a learning experience, a way to put yourself in your students’ shoes when they are given a writing assignment that challenges them as well. You can learn a lot about teaching writing from exploring your own writing. You don’t have to want to be a professional writer; you just have to be willing to give everything a try.

• I’ve been teaching writing for twenty years. How can this specialization help me?

              I believe it will. While you may be familiar with many of the concepts taught in these courses, you’ll likely add new tools to your toolbox and perhaps gain a new perspective on some of those familiar practices. Each course contains additional readings for those who want to go a bit beyond the required course material, and the flexibility we emphasize in our courses should allow you to focus on those theories and practices that will be most valuable for you. There’s no doubt you’ll have a lot to offer your fellow learners, and you might feel a renewed energy from being among an enthusiastic learning community.

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