Identity and inclusion in the ELT classroom Inclusive Education and Learner Wellbeing

Microcredential

Identity and inclusion in the ELT classroom

Explore identity and belonging in your classroom

Every learner and every teacher brings their own experiences and perspectives into the room, and the choices you make in lessons can either welcome them or leave them out. This microcredential helps you notice those choices, including whose stories your materials tell, and create a classroom where learners feel they belong.

Course Overview

In this practical and reflective course, you will explore what identity means and how it shapes the way we teach, learn, and interact in the language classroom, considering whose stories are represented in your lessons and reflecting on your own identity as a teacher, so you can create safe classroom environments where every learner feels respected, valued, and able to contribute.

Who is this course for?

This course is for you if:

  • You want every learner to feel a sense of belonging in your lessons
  • You would like to reflect on whose stories and perspectives your materials represent
  • You are curious about how your own identity as a teacher shapes your classroom
  • You want practical ways to create a safe environment where learners feel respected and able to contribute

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

  • Explain what identity means and how it shapes the way we teach, learn and interact in the ELT classroom

  • Consider whose stories and perspectives are represented in your lessons

  • Reflect on your own identity as a teacher and how it influences your practice

  • Recognise how classroom choices affect learners' sense of belonging, participation and engagement

  • Create safe classroom environments where learners feel respected, valued and able to contribute

Microcredential strands

Our microcredentials are grouped into strands, each focused on a distinct area of teaching practice. Complete microcredentials within a strand to build depth in that area, or mix and match across strands to shape your own development path.

This course’s strand: Inclusive Education and Learner Wellbeing — explore practical approaches to removing barriers, supporting wellbeing, and helping every learner thrive.

Other microcredentials in this strand

  • Inclusive Teaching and SEN

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    Inclusive Teaching and SEN

    Support neurodivergent learners with confidence.

Microcredential · Inclusive Education and Learner Wellbeing

Ready to create a classroom where every learner belongs?

5 hours · 100% online and self-paced · Digital Microcredential Badge · £45.00 incl. UK VAT

Where to go next

Continue building your teaching skills, or take the next step in your professional journey:

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