College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Primary Subject and Curriculum Studies (School Direct)
Module EDUM063 for 2021/2
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. |