Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EDUM052: Secondary Professional Learning

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

This module relates directly to your professional development through 36 weeks of the programme, including 24 weeks on placements in school. The co-required modules provide taught sessions and tutorials based at the university to support your learning and a programme of seminars in school. The evidence presented in the IDP will be compiled during the taught university course and the 24 weeks of school-based work experience in two different secondary 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
0	600	600

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Guided Independent Study	600	Self-directed reading related to classroom practice; Critical reflection on professional learning.
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).

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 and oral critical reflection on professional learning evidenced by Formative Reflections on Achievement and Progress in the IDP.	Continuing assessment of professional learning across the programme.	1-9	Verbal & Written in FRAP

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
Portfolio of evidence of achievement of the professional standards required by the NCTL for QTS.	100	Portfolio to be developed during the 36 weeks of the programme to provide evidence of achievement of the professional standards required by the NCTL for QTS. There is no stipulated length.	1-9	Pass/Fail indicated by Final Summative Report
	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
Portfolio of evidence	Portfolio of evidence	1-9	See notes below.

Re-assessment notes

RE-ASSESSMENT NOTES If a submitted portfolio is deemed to be a Fail, you will be given feedback outlining what needs to be done to bring the portfolio to a pass standard and one opportunity for resubmission will be allowed, based on an additional school placement if this is confirmed by the Consequences Board following the Examination Board for the Secondary PGCE programme.

The resubmission would normally be made at the end of the additional placement.