College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Primary Education and Professional Studies (School Direct)
Module EDUM065 for 2021/2
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 Aims
The principle aims of the module are to:
- enable you to gain an understanding of a range of contemporary education policies and issues, theory and practice;
- support you in reflecting critically on children’s learning and development, pedagogy and teachers’ roles and responsibilities; 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 theories and policies and engage in critical debate about current issues, drawing on evidence from theory, policy, research and practice; 2. understand theories of pedagogy, learning and development, and consider how these can inform professional practice. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. critically evaluate the relevance of educational theories to practice; 4. synthesise relevant educational literature in support of an argument; 5. use appropriate technologies for data handling and writing in education; 6. present data and findings in a form appropriate for educational contexts; 7. use research data in support of an argument in education (including government reports). |
Personal and Key Skills | 8. manage your own learning development and evaluation of your learning; 9. learn effectively both independently and co-operatively, and be aware of your own learning strategies; 10. express ideas and opinions, with confidence and clarity, to a variety of audiences for a variety of purposes with rational argument based on relevant and reliable data; 11. work productively in different kinds of teams (formal, informal, project based, etc); and 12. think creatively about the main features of a given problem and develop strategies for its resolution. |