TESSA is an international research and development initiative which brings together teachers and teacher educators from across Sub-Saharan Africa. It offers a range of materials (Open Educational Resources) in four languages to support school based teacher education and training.
The TESSA team, working with partners, have developed some free, online courses for teachers and teacher educators.
The courses are short and if you complete them successfully (by visiting every page and doing a quiz) you will be awarded a digital badge. You can download the badge as evidence of successful study.
If you work in an academic institution, you could use the course as part of your assessment. You could for example, ask students to complete the course and present the digital badge as part of an assessment task which you could devise and relate to the content of the course.
If you are an Education Officer, you could choose to accept the digital badge as part of a teacher’s evidence that they have undertaken continuing professional development.
TESSA Teacher Education
English
TESSA: Making teacher education relevant for 21st century Africa
TESSA: Teaching early reading in Africa - with African Storybook
ZEST: Active teaching and learning for Africa:
This suite of six courses is designed for classroom teachers in Primary schools. The emphasis is on collaborative planning, practice and reflection. The courses were developed in Zambia but are relevant in any country seeking to improve classroom pedagogy. Course 4 (Managing and Supporting learner-centred education) specifically looks at how to use TESSA OER in the classroom.
Français
TESSA : Vers une formation appropriée des enseignant.e.s pour l’Afrique du 21ème siècle
OU, Commonwealth of Learning and Kenya Institute for Special Education courses:
English
Inclusive Teaching and Learning
Français
Apprentissage et enseignement inclusifs
Ensemble vers une école inclusive
