Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EDUM039: Secondary Chemistry Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Set exercise: Written subject knowledge audit	3 hour task	3, 4, 10, 11	Verbal (tutorial) and written action plans.
Set exercise: short written notes on a range of tasks e.g. reflections on peer teaching episodes	6 hours	2, 3, 10	Verbal (tutorial)
Written notes about 2 week school induction period	2 weeks in schools prior to beginning course	1, 2, 5, 13	Verbal (tutorial) and written
Written assignment related to literature	1,500 words	1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12	Written feedback

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	100	6,000 words	1, 3, 4-7, 9.	Written and verbal.
	0
	0
	0
	0
	0

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Written assignment	Resubmission of essay (6,000 words)	1, 3, 4-7, 9, 12.	See notes below.

Re-assessment notes

RE-ASSESSMENT NOTES If a submitted assignment is deemed to be a Fail, you will be given feedback outlining what needs to be done to bring the assignment to a pass standard and one opportunity for resubmission will be allowed.

You can choose to resubmit a failed assignment ‘in year’ (i.e. before the final Exam Board in July). The resubmission would normally be made 4 weeks after receiving feedback on the first submission. Alternatively, you may opt to go to the Exam Board with the fail mark. You will then be referred to the Consequences Board who will confirm the conditions for resubmission of the work. Normally the resubmission should be by 1^st September. You should discuss these options with your tutor

Note: if you choose the second option, the award of PGCE will be delayed until the Exam Board following any successful resubmission (normally held in December).

In the case of the assignment for the Education and Professional Studies module, there may not be time to mark a resubmitted assignment before the end of the programme; this will mean that the award of PGCE will be delayed until the first Examination Board after July (this is normally held in December).

If an assignment is deemed to be a Fail by the Exam Board, the mark obtained on resubmission will be capped at 50%.