EF Certificate in Child Development

What Teachers Are Saying

"The Whole-Child-Development course did help me a lot. The guidance helps me to understand and support each individual child's development pathway. We often find it challenging to measure how effectively children are learning. Characteristics of Effective Learning guidance shows three areas to us: playing and exploring; active learning; creating and thinking critically. For me, the most challenging area is the last one which I need to focus on in the future. Helping my students to create and think critically." Yvonne Cai (GZ6)

"After learning this course - WCD, I think my teaching and feedback ability has improved. First of all, my focus in teaching is not only on academic performance but also the cognitive development. This class can systematically summarize students' cognitive ability, which helps me to deal with classroom interaction, especially in writing and interaction that requires movement. Secondly, in terms of TPU or PTC feedback, it provides more ideas and gives more comprehensive and in-depth feedback to parents. Parental satisfaction also increased."Murphy Zhu

"After learning the Whole-Child Development course, I became more confident in teaching very young learners.  Throughout the course, I gained knowledge about younger learners’ developmental milestones. I thought about younger students’ abilities and needs when I planned my lessons; I observed students’ reactions and reflected on my teaching afterward. I adapted my activities to challenge my students' abilities.  Because of this course, I gained further insight and strengthened my ability to help my Bright Sparks students develop and practice their thinking, logic, and communication skills." Joyna Long