Government Pavilion, C/ Padre Herrera s/n
Post Office Box 456
38200, San Cristobal de La Laguna
Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Spain
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Hours: Mon, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Inclusive educational strategies in cancer
Inclusive educational strategies in cancer
Overview
The course aims to provide teachers and educational professionals with the knowledge, tools and strategies necessary to provide comprehensive and inclusive support to students with cancer, understanding the medical, emotional, social and educational implications of the disease.
The aim is for students to be able to:
- To learn about childhood cancer, its treatments, aftereffects and possible repercussions on learning.
- Understanding the emotional and psychosocial impact of the disease on children, adolescents, families, siblings and the educational community.
- Design and implement inclusive educational strategies, adapting methodologies and coordinating different educational and care resources.
- Improve communication and awareness skills to address cancer in the school context in an appropriate and respectful manner.
- Promoting the well-being and self-care of educational professionals in situations of illness, relapse, and grief.
- Integrate learning through an applied final project, oriented towards the design of a real educational intervention in a school.
Overall, the aim is to promote a coordinated, flexible, inclusive educational response focused on the needs of students with cancer and their environment.
To train future education professionals to understand the impact of childhood cancer on students, develop inclusive pedagogical responses and promote an empathetic, educated and informed school culture.
Be a student of the following degrees: Pedagogy, Early Childhood Education Teacher, Primary Education Teacher and/or Physical Activity and Sports Sciences.
Academic program
Module 1. Childhood Cancer: Theoretical Framework.
- What is childhood cancer?.
- Current data.
- Treatments, after-effects and learning difficulties.
Module 2. Emotional and psychosocial impact.
- Experiences of the child, adolescent and family (diagnosis, medical tests…)
- Brothers and sisters and friends.
- Self-care for educational professionals.
- Reintegration into the classroom.
- Grief and relapses.
Module 3. Inclusive educational strategies.
- Methodological adaptations (educational needs of students with cancer).
- Coordination of hospital classrooms, educational center, home tutoring, online teaching center.
- Emotional attention in the classroom.
Module 4. Communication and awareness.
- How to talk about cancer with children and teenagers.
- Design of awareness-raising activities.
Module 5. Applied final project.
- Design of a real intervention in an educational center.
- Lectures/expository method: presentation or explanation by the teaching staff.
- Seminars: completing exercises, solving problems or practical cases, others.
- Individual work: individual preparation of assignments/projects/reports, portfolio, …
- Group work: group preparation of assignments, projects/reports, …
- Tutoring: instruction period in which teachers and students interact with the aim of reviewing and discussing materials and topics presented in class.
- Active methodologies: cooperative learning, project-based learning, flipped classroom, service learning, game-based learning, case studies, problem solving… These are aimed at making learning a participatory process and are based on student agency.
General information
Credits: 2 ECTS
Duration: October 19, 2026 to November 13, 2026
Teaching modality: Blended learning
Location: Meeting Room for Professors of the Second Republic; Central Building, Module B2 of the Faculty of Education, 1st floor and virtual campus of the University of La Laguna
The cost of tuition for this Microcredential will be subsidized by the 'Plan for the development of university microcredentials', investment 6 of component 21 of the Addendum to the 'Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan', financed by the European Union – Next Generation EU, year 2025.
Short courses available in various formats (in-person, online, or hybrid). Ideal for learning without interrupting your professional life.
Content created and delivered by professionals and experts in the field, designed for immediate application.
Endorsed by the University of La Laguna. You will receive an official ECTS certificate, valid in the European Higher Education Area.
Teaching staff
Educator at the Canary Islands Foundation Little Brave One, with experience in guidance and educational support for children and adolescents with cancer.
Teacher of the Online Training for teachers of students with cancer, at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Psychologist at the Canary Islands Foundation Pequeño Valiente, with experience in providing emotional support to children and adolescents with cancer, and their families during the disease process and end of life.
Coordinator of the multidisciplinary team at the Tenerife headquarters.
Trainer of volunteers who collaborate with our organization.
