Enhancing teacher education through OER:
TESS-India: OER structure	
What this unit is about	Introduces the teaching approach and the curriculum topic of the unit.	
What you can learn in this unit	These learning expectations for the teacher highlight the key opportunities for learning in the unit. 	
Why this approach is important	This section explains why the teaching approach is important in supporting student learning.	
Activity	These are activities to be carried out by the teacher. Most of them are for the teacher to do in the classroom, with their students, but some involve working collaboratively with colleagues or preparing for classroom activities. The activities help the teacher to enact practices that position learners as knowledgeable, promote dialogic interactions and provide structured learning experiences that take prior learning into account. By undertaking the activities, traditional practices will be disrupted and the teacher is supported in developing new understandings about teaching and learning.	
Case study	These first-hand accounts by teachers are about their experience of carrying out the activities described, similar activities, preparatory activities or follow-up activities. The case studies are used to show how teachers respond to some of the challenges they face in India, such as large, multilingual and multigrade classes, and a lack of resources. In particular they demonstrate inclusive practices, how to elicit prior knowledge and how to make the teaching relevant to students’ lives. 	
Pause for thought	These encourage the teacher to reflect purposefully on their existing practice or experience, or on what they have noticed when carrying out the activities or discussing the case studies. It is this sort of reflection that will lead to learning for the teacher.	
Narrative	The narrative reinforces the benefits of the approaches and techniques that are the focus of the OER. It shows how different aspects of the approach link together and complement each other. The purpose of the narrative is to support the teacher in developing their learning in different curriculum contexts.	
Summary	This provides a brief review of the technique covered in the unit and encourages the teacher to take forward their learning, revisiting the ideas in different curriculum contexts. 	
Resources	These contain material to support the teacher in carrying out the activities. They may contain more detail about the approach (such as material from one of the key resources), support for subject knowledge development, classroom resources, links to the NCF or further examples of similar classroom activities. 	
Additional resources	These are intended to empower the teacher by encouraging them to take their learning beyond the OER and engage with other resources that support their developing professional practice. In particular, this is an opportunity to support subject knowledge development and raise awareness of resources that are available in India and internationally.	
References/ bibliography	These include references used by the authors and other recommended readings for the teacher to extend their academic understanding of the issues highlighted in the unit.