Module EDUM038 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EDUM038: Secondary Biology with Psychology Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module introduces students to current thinking in the teaching of science, with particular reference to biology and psychology, and develops students’ pedagogic and academic subject knowledge in the field of science education. Key elements of the module include:
On the Secondary PGCE, you will learn and reflect on the skills and knowledge required by the programme’s credit-bearing and non-credit bearing modules throughout the year. You will need to think about the modules in relation to each other. To facilitate this, the learning and teaching activities and guided independent study described below are scheduled to occur across all three terms both in the context of your university taught course and in the context of your 24 weeks of applied professional experience in schools.
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Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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93 | 207 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 15 | Lectures; Science Lecture Programme |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 60 | Practical classes and workshops: Main Subject (Biology) Course; Main Subject (Psychology) Course; National Curriculum Physics and Chemistry Courses; Peer Teaching and Subject Support Groups; Science Pedagogy workshops |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 5 | Fieldwork |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 10 | Seminar Days |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 3 | Tutorials with academic tutor |
Guided independent study | 207 | Independent Study |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).