The Knowledge

What have we got here?

The Knowledge is an online resource that you can start, finish or just dip into at any time. It's one of a growing catalogue of Skills Journey courses for learning professionals. You can buy this course on its own or subscribe to the whole catalogue.

What is The Knowledge?

The Knowledge is a comprehensive digest of the latest evidence-based principles of teaching and learning. As such it provides a solid foundation for anyone looking to build their skills as a learning professional.

The Knowledge has been compiled from the work of the world’s leading researchers on learning and teaching. It includes only what has been thoroughly proven to work in practice while at the same time pulling no punches in pointing out ideas and models that are built on sand – however popular they may be.

Twelve essential topics

The Knowledge consists of twelve topics, each of which covers an essential aspect of learning and teaching:

1. Establishing the right relationship with your learners
2. Responding to learner differences
3. Structuring your lessons
4. Engaging learners
5. Providing clear explanations
6. Employing visual aids
7. Combining voice and visuals
8. Improving learning through your use of words
9. Providing worked examples
10. Optimising the process of practice and rehearsal
11. Providing feedback to learners
12. Assessing learning

The structure of each topic

Each of the twelve topics of The Knowledge contains the following:

• A quick introductory quiz to check how much you already know about the subject of the module
• An animated video covering the essential ideas from the topic
• Information on each of the key rules and principles
• Guidelines on how to apply the rules and principles, depending on your particular role
• A list of references
• An optional quiz to help you check your knowledge of the rules and principles

Using The Knowledge

The Knowledge can be used in several, very distinct ways:

• As a collection of twelve mini-courses, which you can take in sequence or in any order you please.
• As a valuable source of reference which you can dip into at any time. In this case, you can simply ignore the quizzes.
• As a complete course in its own right.

Recognition for you

If you complete all of the twelve topics in the course, you will receive a Skills Journey certificate. If you want, you can complete an optional assignment to help you put what you have learned into practice and demonstrate your knowledge to others.

Enjoy The Knowledge!

Download the course info sheet.

How to enrol

This course is only available as part of our all courses subscription for just £99 per year. Find out more here.