Module EDUM065 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EDUM065: Primary Education and Professional Studies (School Direct)
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The module introduces you to current thinking in Education and Professional Studies in the context of teaching 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:
- Online resources including recorded lectures that will introduce you to topics relevant to your professional development as a teacher, for example: theories of learning; introduction to research methods; the curriculum; and assessment for learning.
- Online resources including recorded lectures that will introduce you to the expectations of working at Masters level and to approaches suitable for carrying out a small-scale, classroom-based, research study.
- Online seminars which create opportunities for you to explore, consolidate and deepen your understanding of these topics.
- Professional Studies seminars in school that will follow up topics from the lecture programme in a specific educational context.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 88 | 212 | 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 | 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 | Seminars and follow up seminar activities |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 20 | Professional Studies seminars in school |
| Guided Independent Study | 20 | Completion of directed tasks related to module content |
| Guided Independent Study | 182 | 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).
School Direct Education and Professional Studies course in ELE (http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/)
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.
Aubrey, K., & Riley, A. (2018). Understanding and using educational theories. SAGE.
Bryan H, Carpenter C and Hoult S. (2010) Learning and Teaching at M-Level: A guide for student teachers. London: Sage.
Fisher, R. (2005) Teaching Children to Learn. 2nd edition. Cheltenham. Nelson Thornes.
Fisher, R. (2005) Teaching Children to Think. Cheltenham. Nelson Thornes.
Grigg, R & Lewis, H (2019) Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking in Schools. London: Sage
Kyriacou C. (2018) Essential Teaching Skills. 5th edition Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes.
Pollard A. (2014) Reflective Teaching. 4th Revised edition. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pritchard A. (2017) Ways of Learning: Learning Theories for the Classroom, 4th edition. London: Routledge/David Fulton.
Sewell K (ed). (2012) Doing Your PGCE at M-Level: A Guide for Students. 2nd edition. London. Sage
Skinner, D. (2010) Effective Teaching and Learning in Practice. London. Continuum
Sotto, E. (2007) When Teaching becomes Learning. 2nd edition. London. Continuum.
Wilson E. (2017) School-based Research: A Guide for Education Students. 3rd edition. London, Sage.
