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Postgraduate Handbook 2015-2016 (archived)
Module EDUC30840: Understanding Secondary Classrooms (Physics)
Department: Education
EDUC30840: Understanding Secondary Classrooms (Physics)
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tied | 3 | 40 | Not available in 2015/2016 | Durham |
Tied To
Pre-requisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combinations
- None.
Aims
- Critically understand a secondary curriculum subject and generic educational issues and their relationship to secondary children and classrooms.
- Critically apply the ideas to classroom practice.
Content
- The course will be structured around intensive study of the following topics focussing on their impact on the Secondary school classroom:
- The professional responsabilities of the teacher;
- The National Curriculum and other educational directives;
- The nature and practice of classroom management;
- Planning for effective teaching and learning;
- The place of language in learning, including for those pupils with English as an additional language;
- Planning for assessment in the Secondary curriculum.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
Subject-specific Skills
- On completion of the module students will be able to: critically understand a range of secondary curriculum subject-based and generic educational issues and their relationship to secondary children and classrooms;
- critically apply the ideas to classroom practice.
Key Skills
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Lectures, workshops and seminars, including presentations from the students. Normally, a lecture will introduce a particular topic, and will then be followed up in seminar groups, and in schools during regular visits.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 20 | 4 per week | 1 hour | 20 | Yes |
| Tutorials | 5 | 1 per week | 1 hour | 5 | Yes |
| Practicals | 50 | 5 per fortnight | 2 hours | 100 | Yes |
| Preparation and Reading | 275 | ||||
| Total | 400 | ||||
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Portfolio of Evidence | 100% | A Portfolio of Evidence | 100% |
Formative Assessment
Preliminary feedback on the portfolio and assignment above.
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.