Module EDUM049 for 2021/2
- 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 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module introduces students to current thinking in the teaching of physical education and develops students’ pedagogic and academic subject knowledge in the field of physical education. Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that key elements of the module will include:
- Lecture and Seminar Programme: This covers the theory and practice of physical education pedagogy.
- Directed Online Study Programme: This covers the theory and practice of physical education pedagogy.
- Peer Teaching: These sessions give you an opportunity to practice your teaching in a safe and supportive environment.
- Seminar Days: Five university-led days when studentsshare school-based work experiences and develop the links between the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching physical education.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 200 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 72 | Lecture and Seminar Programme |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 15 | Peer Teaching |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 12 | Seminar Days |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 1 | Tutorials with academic tutor |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 200 | Independent Study |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
See PGCE Physical Education Course page on ELE ( http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/ )
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written notes on preliminary tasks | 2 weeks prior to beginning of course | 1, 2, 5, 13 | Written or verbal |
| Written Keeping Warm Strategy | 500 words (prior to beginning the course) | 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 13 | Verbal (tutorial) and written from tutor |
| Written PE Task | 1000 words (prior to beginning the course) | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 | Verbal (tutorial) and written from tutor |
| Written subject knowledge audit | 3 hours | 3, 4, 10, 11 | Verbal (tutorial) and written action plans |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written assignment | 100 | 6,000 words (or equivalent) | 1 14 | Written feedback |
| 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 written assignment (6,000 words) | 1 14 | See notes below. |
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 PGCE Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee (APAC) in July). The resubmission would normally be made 4 weeks after receiving feedback on the first submission. Alternatively, you may opt for your mark to remain as a fail mark at the APAC. You will then be referred to the College level Assessment, Progression and Awarding Committee 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 APAC following any successful resubmission (normally held in December).
If an assignment is deemed to be a Fail by the APAC, the mark obtained on resubmission will be capped at 50%. If after submitting a revised assignment, you have still failed to gain an overall pass mark for the module, you will have been deemed to have failed the PGCE with no further opportunity for resubmission. If however, you have passed the Professional Learning module, you can leave the programme with QTS only and can therefore gain employment as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT). If you pass both the physical education Subject Knowledge & Pedagogy and the Educational & Professional Studies modules but fail the Professional Learning module, you can leave the programme with a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Studies in Education (PGCert) which does not confer QTS status.
