Online Course – Johns Hopkins University Certified Professional Writing Internship

Learn how to improve writing instruction for students of all ages and subject areas. Research and apply theories and best practices in teaching in school and non-formal settings.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בכתיבה של אוניברסיטת ג'ונס הופקינס

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Critical thinking
  • teaching
  • Curriculum design
  • The Reflection
  • writing

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Writing teacher
  • tutor
  • Home learning guide
  • Elementary school teacher
  • High school teacher
  • University teacher
  • Educational content developer
  • Writing workshop instructor
  • Educational Programs Manager
  • Educational consultant

Study material – 5-part course series

  • This course series will provide learners with proven methods for improving the writing skills of students of all ages, in all situations:
    • In classrooms from kindergarten to university
    • In home learning
    • Mentoring
    • business
    • In the private sector
  • In four courses and a final project, you will learn:
    • Effective theories and techniques for teaching writing
    • How to teach writing as a process
    • How to reach even the most hesitant writers
    • How to help students construct specific texts
    • Make a connection between reading and writing
    • How to respond to and assess students’ writing in meaningful ways
  • If you use writing in your teaching, or want to do so, this course series will provide you with:
    • Tools and methods you can use with your students immediately

Applied Learning Project

  • Learners will examine and adapt best practices in writing instruction to meet the needs of their students:
    • Regardless of grade level
    • discipline
    • Skill level
  • They will create activities and lesson plans that aim to:
    • Help students improve their writing skills
  • They will examine the theories and values ​​that guide their teaching.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Writing Process Workshop

Course 1

  • 19 hours
  • 4.5 (30 ratings)

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • What is the writing process and how can it improve students’ writing?
  • How writing as discovery, pressure-free writing, and reflection can help students feel more comfortable and confident as writers.

Teach hesitant writers

Course 2

  • 15 hours

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • Reasons why students may be hesitant writers, and tools and methods that can help them become more comfortable and confident in writing.
Skills you will acquire
  • Category: Creative Writing Teaching
  • Teaching creative writing
  • Category: Personal Writing Instruction
  • Personal writing instruction
  • Category: Teaching Reading and Writing
  • Teaching reading and writing
  • Category: Pleading Instruction
  • Argument instruction

Teaching texts and forms

Course 3

  • 21 hours

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • How to teach a variety of writing forms, including argumentative, personal writing, and creative writing.
  • How to link reading and writing in student learning.
Skills you will acquire
  • Category: Meetings
  • Meetings
  • Category: Lesson Building
  • Lesson construction
  • Category: Guiding Texts
  • Guiding texts
  • Category: Teaching hesitant writers
  • Teaching hesitant writers

Responding, revising, and evaluating student writing

Course 4

  • 20 hours

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • Best practices for providing feedback on student writing.
  • Strategies and methods for learning innovation.
  • Theories and strategies for assessing student writing.
Skills you will acquire
  • Category: Student Involvement in Assessment
  • Student involvement in assessment
  • Category: Writing Assessment
  • Writing assessment
  • Category: Renewal Instruction
  • Renewal instruction
  • Category: Response to student writing
  • Responding to student writing

Final Project Writing Workshop

Course 5

  • 21 hours

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • One of the goals of the writing teaching specialization was to help each learner consider ways to adapt what they learned and apply it to their specific situation, needs, and interests.
  • The theories, strategies, and practices presented in these courses are applicable and can work with any student of any age and skill level, provided that each learner can tailor their learning and apply it to their specific students, current or future.
  • In this final project, learners will choose one component from each of the four courses, which are among the most important things they learned in the course.
  • They will describe what these components are, explain why they are important to the learner, and create a plan for incorporating this new learning into their future teaching or writing.

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