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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module EDUS1561: UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPING THE CORE CURRICULUM

Department: EDUCATION [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

EDUS1561: UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPING THE CORE CURRICULUM

Type Tied Level 1 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2005/06 Module Cap None. Location Queen's Campus Stockton

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • The School as a Learning Environment (EDUS1551); School Experience (EDUS1661).

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To develop familiarity with the structure and demands of the National Curriculum within the core subjects.
  • It also seeks to develop the role of the STA to support teachers in the classroom and children in their learning.
  • The course will introduce students to the: philosophy and practice of Primary Education.
  • National Curriculum framework.
  • teaching of reading at KS1/2.
  • teaching of writing at KS1/2.
  • development of language in general including listening and speaking.
  • development of mathematics.
  • application and development of mathematics and language in science.
  • development of all the above in the context of bilingual and monolingual classrooms.

Content

  • Language Development.
  • Mathematics.
  • Using Language and Mathematics in Science.
  • Assessment and Recording.
  • The use of information technology in the core subjects.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • .
Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:
    • Improving own learning abd performance in supporting primary age children in a classroom situation.

    Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

    • .

    Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

    Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
    Lectures 26 Weekly 3.5 hours 91
    Tutorials 26 Weekly 0.5 hours 13
    Preparation and Reading 96
    Total 200

    Summative Assessment

    Component: Portfolio Component Weighting: 100%
    Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
    pictorial portfolio - a portfolio of photographs and pictures of learning and teaching situations and environments which are complemented by commentary relating to issues discussed and developed throughout all elements of the course 100%

    Formative Assessment:

    None

    ■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University