Teaching For Success: Learning and Learners

I'm taking this MOOC on Future Learn, which has become one of my favourites resources for the purpose of updating my teaching techniques and general knowledge about English and Education. This one is from the British Council, and I signed up for it months ago (actually, if I hadn't read an email reminding me the starting date, I would've totally missed it --but that's one of the advantages of this platform).

Absent-minded as I am, I had registered for the first part of the program, but I didn't start it. I will, I swear.

Today is the begining of week 3, so I have to speed up the posts regarding this course, since I've found it very interesting and useful for me and I'm sure many teachers could benefit from it. Since it is now available only until May 29 due to the platform new policy, I'll summarize the first to weeks in two different posts, unless there's something I want to discuss separately.
These are the general contents of the course:

• Understanding learners
• Knowing the subject
• Using inclusive practices
• Assessing learning

I'm really looking forward to seeing how the British Council adresses the "inclusive practices",  you know, after Brexit and the British Empire atrocities, et cetera. (Yes, this blog is intended to present political views as well as educational, sociological, philosophical, cultural, artistic and linguistic information and opinions.  How are we supposed to understand learners and languages if we don't do so?)