This module is a core element of Level 9 of the BA (Hons) Education and is designed to enable participants to develop in the following areas of personal and applied knowledge and understanding.
The module will support further development of students’ personal knowledge, understanding, practice and skills in the sciences, social studies and technologies curriculum with reference to current curricular guidelines and with particular emphasis on pedagogical approaches including group teaching and differentiation. It will also support development of skills in planning for teaching and learning, which will demonstrate an ability to synthesise the key elements of the module.
- The module will support students towards meeting the GTCS Standard for Provisional Registration by working towards the following standards: Professional Values (Social Justice; Trust and Respect) (1.1); Have knowledge and understanding of pedagogical theories and professional practice (2.1.1); Have knowledge and understanding of curriculum design (2.1.3); Have knowledge and understanding of planning for assessment, teaching and learning (2.1.4); Have knowledge and understanding of research and engagement in practitioner enquiry (2.1.2); Plan effectively to meet learners’ needs (3.1.1); Utilise pedagogical approaches and resources (3.1.2); Utilise partnerships for learning and wellbeing (3.1.3); Appropriately organise and manage learning (3.2.1); Build positive, rights respecting relationships for learning (3.2.3); Engage critically with literature, research and policy (3.3.1).
- In relation to learning for sustainability, students will engage in outdoor learning, develop community partnerships, engage in critical reflection and plan lessons for interdisciplinary learning.
- SPR 3.1.1
• Plan appropriately for effective teaching and in order to meet the needs of all learners, including learning in literacy, numeracy, health and wellbeing and skills for learning, life and work.
SPR 3.1.2
• Use communication methods, including a variety of media, to promote and develop positive relationships and to motivate and sustain the interest of all learners
• In relation to learning for sustainability, students will engage in outdoor learning, develop community partnerships, engage in critical reflection and plan lessons for interdisciplinary learning.
• Through participating in the module, students will develop UWS Graduate Attributes and will demonstrate, in particular, that they are autonomous, incisive, emotionally intelligent, culturally aware, resilient, driven, transformational, innovative and imaginative. They will also problem-solve and develop the capacity to lead.
- SPR 3.1.3
• Demonstrate that they can select and use a wide variety of resources and teaching approaches, including digital technologies and outdoor learning opportunities;
SPR 3.1.5
• Demonstrate an ability to work co-operatively in the classroom and the wider learning community with staff, parents and partner agencies to promote learning and wellbeing.
- SPR 3.2.1
• Use outdoor learning opportunities, including direct experiences of nature and other learning within and beyond the school boundary;
• Organise and manage classroom resources and digital technologies to support teaching and learning;
SPR 3.4.1
• Read and analyse a range of appropriate educational and research literature;
- In relation to learning for sustainability, students will within this module;
• Engage in outdoor learning
• Develop Community Partnerships
• Engage in critical reflection
• Plan lessons for Interdisciplinary learning.
- Through participating in the module, students will develop UWS Graduate Attributes and will demonstrate, in particular, that they are;
• Critical Thinker
• Analytical
• Knowledgeable
• Problem-solver
• Autonomous
• Incisive
• Emotionally Intelligent
• Culturally Aware
• Effective Communicator
• Resilient
• Collaborative
• Potential Leader
• Driven
• Transformational
- • Through participating in the module, students will develop UWS Graduate Attributes and will demonstrate, in particular, that they are autonomous, incisive, emotionally intelligent, culturally aware, resilient, driven, transformational, innovative and imaginative. They will also problem-solve and develop the capacity to lead.
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