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Undergraduate Handbook 2016-2017 (archived)
Module EDUS1681: PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC STUDY SKILLS
Department: Education [Queen's Campus, Stockton]
EDUS1681: PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC STUDY SKILLS
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tied | 1 | 20 | Available in 2016/2017 | Queen's Campus Stockton |
Tied To
Pre-requisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combinations
- None.
Aims
- To develop students' knowledge and understanding of:
- the professional skills needed for effective classroom management
- strategies for behaviour management
- strategies for promoting children's learning
- the skills needed for successful academic study and their development as reflective practitioners.
Content
- The module consists of two skills based themes:
- A range of professional issues related to QTS
- Some of the academic study skills and capabilities underpinning independent academic studies.
- Professional:
- A range of professional issues related to QTS:
- planning an effective learning experience in the primary classroom
- effective classroom management in the primary classroom
- effective approaches to differentiation
- appreciating the roles and value of formative and summative assessment in the classroom
- behaviour management
- Academic:
- Relevant academic study skills, practices and professionalism:
- management of information from a wide range of e-based and literary sources
- identifying appropriate sources of information and evidence
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
- Professional Study Skills:
- knowledge of effective planning and management of classroom based activities
- understand the relationship between planning, differentiation and assessment
- Academic Study Skills:
- knowledge of the process and principles of searching appropriate literary sources and data bases for relevant information
Subject-specific Skills
Key Skills
- make appropriate use of academic and professional resources
- construct and sustain a reasoned argument
- manage time and work to deadlines
- communicate ideas, principles and theories effectively in written form
- searching appropriate literary sources and data bases for relevant information.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Teaching methods will include lectures and directed tasks related to school based experience or independent study skills. These will allow for the learning outcomes to be addressed. The lectures will focus on specific issues related to both professional and academic development.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 20 | Weekly | 1 hour | 20 | |
| Directed tasks | Each week | Term 1, total 22.5, Term 2, total 7.5 | 30 | ||
| Preparation and reading school based tasks | Each week | Term 1, total 90, Term 2, total 60 | 150 | ||
| Total | 200 |
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Assignment | 50% | Written Assignment | 2,000 words | 100% | |
| Learning Logs/Literature Search | 50% | Summary of Reflective Logs | 2000 words | 100% |
Formative Assessment
Task: Planning Task
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.