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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module EDUS1551: THE SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Department: EDUCATION [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

EDUS1551: THE SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Type Tied Level 1 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2006/07 Module Cap None. Location Queen's Campus Stockton

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • Understanding and Developing the Core Curriculum (EDUS1561); School Experience (EDUS1661).

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • .

Content

  • Indicative content: The Primary Curriculum.
  • Physical Development of Children.
  • Emotional and Social Development of Children.
  • Behaviour Management.
  • Individual and Group Work.
  • Equal Opportunities.
  • The Place of Play in the Early Years Curriculum.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • To develop an understanding of: the nature of the learning process.
  • the school as an organisation .
  • the physical, emotional and social development of children.
  • issues and practicalities relating to behaviour management.
  • current educational concerns.
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
    Media watch - a collection of newspaper and magazine articles, television and radio programmes on which the student offers an analysis and a critique of the content as well as offering personal opinion and reflection based on experience 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