Module EDUM030 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EDUM030: Professional Learning (School Direct)
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of the module is to enable students to demonstrate reflection on their professional development and provide evidence of achievement of the range of essential knowledge, skills and experience listed in the Teachers’ Standards required by the NCTL for QTS, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. recognise pupils learning needs and interpret these learning needs in order to plan, teach, assess and evaluate lessons and schemes of work; 2. demonstrate confident academic and pedagogic subject knowledge to teach across two designated Key Stages; 3. demonstrate secure understanding of the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum and assessment regulations for teaching in your designated Key Stages; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate your personal professional learning; 5. demonstrate the ability to plan your future professional development needs; |
Personal and Key Skills | 6. manage your own learning development; 7. learn effectively and be aware of your own learning strategies; 8. work productively in different kinds of teams (formal, informal, project based, etc); and 9. think creatively about the main features of a given problem and develop strategies for its resolution. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
This module relates directly to spending a full academic year in a school placement. During this time, you will have a second placement in a different school of at least 6 weeks in length. While you are working in school, you will compile evidence of your professional learning and of meeting the competencies listed in the professional standards required by the NCTL for the award of QTS.
Your training will be delivered using the Exeter Model of Initial Teacher Education, widely recognised as an exemplary framework for teacher education. During your time in school you will study two co-required modules: Subject and Curriculum Studies, and Education and Professional Studies. These will be delivered by distance learning using the University of Exeter’s virtual learning environment, ELE. Throughout the year your development will be supported by experienced teachers and by a University Link Tutor who will visit you in school.
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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600 | 0 | 600 |
...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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Guided Independent Study | 600 | Self-directed reading related to classroom practice; |
Placement | 600 | A range of learning activities including: classroom observations and teaching; tutorials including discussion about professional learning; written critical reflection on progress towards achieving the required professional standards; and written action plans for further development. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
There are no explicit learning resources linked to this module. Details of the Exeter Model of Initial Teacher Education will be available online and in the School Direct programme handbook. Resources available and suggested for the two accompanying modules in the PGCE School Direct programme will also be relevant to support learning in this module.
Web based and electronic resources: see the PGCE School Direct courses in ELE (http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/)
Teachers’ Standards (2012) available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards