Module EDUM049 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EDUM049: Secondary Physical Education Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Aims
The principal aims of the module are to:
1. equip you to gain a comprehensive understanding of the background theory, issues and practice of the current teaching of PE in secondary schools;
2. support you to meet the Standards required for Qualified Teacher Status; and
3. nurture your development as a reflective and autonomous professional practitioner who is able to identify strengths and areas for development in content, pedagogy, learning, learners and the curriculum. This is achieved, principally, through critically evaluating current professional practice in relationship to developments in research and educational theory.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. identify and evaluate educational concepts and issues related to PE; 2. recognise pupils learning needs in PE and interpret these learning needs in order to plan, teach, assess and evaluate lessons and schemes of work; 3. demonstrate secure subject content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge in PE; 4. demonstrate secure understanding of the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum for PE; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. critically evaluate the relevance of educational theory to practice; 6. synthesise relevant educational literature in support of an argument; 7. use appropriate technologies for data handling and writing in education; 8. present data and findings in a form appropriate for educational contexts; 9. use research data in support of an argument in education; |
Personal and Key Skills | 10. manage your own learning development; 11. learn effectively and be aware of your own learning strategies; 12. express ideas and opinions, with confidence and clarity, to a variety of audiences for a variety of purposes; 13. work productively in different kinds of teams (formal, informal, project based, etc); and 14. think creatively about the main features of a given problem and develop strategies for its resolution. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module introduces students to current thinking in the teaching of PE and develops students’ subject content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, knowledge of learners and learning and knowledge of the curriculum in the field of PE. Key elements of the module include:
- Lecture Programme: The theoretical basis of PE teaching;
- Lecture Programme: PE teaching at GCSE and A Level;
- Practical/Workshop Programme: A series of practical/workshop sessions to cover the practical basis of PE teaching ;
- Residential experience: Outdoor and adventurous activities;
- Day Conference: Presentation of degree level dissertation posters;
- Collaborative Learning and Teaching (CoLT): A series of formalpeer collaborative approaches to learning between students;
- Seminar Days: Five days when students return to the university to share school-based work experiences and deepen their understanding of the connections between theory and class-based practice.
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.
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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109 | 191 | 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 | 36 | Lectures: PE Lecture Programme |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 36 | Practical/workshop sessions: |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 9 | Outdoor & Adventurous Activities Residential |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 6 | Day Conference |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 9 | Collaborative Learning and Teaching |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 10 | PGCE Seminar Days |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 3 | Tutorials with Academic Tutor |
Guided Independent Study | 191 | Independent Study |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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 |
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Written notes on a range of tasks drawn from a two-week preliminary school experience in a primary & secondary school | 6 hours | 1, 2, 5, 13 | Oral/Verbal (tutorial) and written feedback |
Initial Needs Analysis | 3 hours | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Oral/Verbal (tutorial) and written feedback |
Presenting a paper at the Annual PGCE PE Student Research Conference | 6 hours | 1 14 | Oral/Verbal feedback |
Written task engaging critically with the literature | 1,500 words | 1, 5, 6 | 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 |
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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 |
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Written assignment | 100 | 6,000 words (or equivalent) | 1 14 | Written feedback |
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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 |
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Written assignment | Resubmission of written assignment (6,000 words) | 1 14 | 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 1st 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%.