Module EDUM063 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EDUM063: Primary Subject and Curriculum Studies (School Direct)
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The principal aims of the module are to:
- enable you to gain a comprehensive understanding of the background theory, issues and practice relating to current teaching of your chosen phase;
- support your development as a reflective and autonomous professional practitioner who is able to identify strengths and areas for development in your subject and curriculum knowledge;
- enable you to evaluate current professional practice in the context of developments in research and curriculum theory; and
- support you to meet the standards for Qualified Teacher Status as required by the National College for Teaching and Learning.
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 the teaching of your chosen phase; 2. engage in critical debate about current educational issues drawing on evidence from theory, research and practice; 3. recognise pupils learning needs and interpret these learning needs in order to plan, teach, assess and evaluate lessons and schemes of work; 4. demonstrate confident academic and pedagogic subject knowledge to teach your chosen phase; 5. demonstrate secure understanding of the statutory requirements for teaching in schools in England; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 6. critically evaluate the relevance of educational theory to practice; 7. synthesise relevant educational literature in support of an argument; 8. use appropriate technologies for data handling and writing in education; 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 you to current thinking in Subject and Curriculum Studies in the context of teaching in your chosen Primary phase in a school in England. Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that key elements of the module will include:
- A subject knowledge audit at the start of the course linked to action planning for development of your subject and curriculum knowledge;
- Online learning resources including recorded lectures that will introduce you to topics relevant to your developing practice in the classroom, for example: behaviour management; pedagogy for teaching English as an Additional Language; working with Teaching Assistants; out of school learning; and working with other agencies.
- Directed tasks related to the content of the module and linked to your professional practice in school; and
- Seminars which create opportunities for you to explore, consolidate and deepen your understanding of these topics.
On the PGCE School Direct, 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 |
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78 | 222 | 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 | 10 | Completion of subject knowledge audits and writing action plans for development of subject and curriculum knowledge |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 48 | Interaction with online resources posted for the module in ELE that will include reading selected literature, accessing video clips and listening to recorded lectures |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 30 | Online seminars and follow up seminar activities |
Guided Independent Study | 40 | Completion of directed tasks related to module content |
Guided Independent Study | 172 | Independent reading and reflection, classroom observation and teaching experience while on placement in school |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).