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Postgraduate Handbook 2024-2025 (archived)
Module EDUC47800: Professional Studies and School Based Practice (Primary)
Department: Education
EDUC47800: Professional Studies and School Based Practice (Primary)
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tied | 4 | 0 | Available in 2024/2025 | Durham |
Tied To
Pre-requisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combinations
- None
Aims
- To be awarded qualified Qualified teacher Teacher status Status (QTS), students must provide evidence for and pass the Teachers’ Standards (DfE, 2012).
Content
- The Teachers’ Standards define the minimum level of practice expected of trainees and teachers from the point of being awarded (QTS). The Teachers’ Standards are used to assess all trainees working towards QTS. Students will be required to complete school-based training and for the required number of days, as per DfE regulations.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
Subject-specific Skills
- Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils.
- Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils.
- Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge.
- Plan and teach well-structured lessons.
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils.
- Make accurate and productive use of assessment.
- Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment.
- Fulfil wider professional responsibilities.
- Demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct.
Key Skills
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Students will attend the DfE required number of school-based practice days, and provide evidence of successful progress, in order to be awarded QTS.
- Both elements of assessment must be passed to pass the module. Assessment is Pass/Fail only.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Based Practice | 140 | 8 Hours per Day | 1120 | Yes | |
| Lectures | 52 | 1 hour | 52 | Yes | |
| Lecture | 1 | 3 Hours | 3 | Yes | |
| Computer Class | 3 | 3 Hours | 9 | Yes | |
| Field Trips | 3 | 7 Hours | 21 | Yes | |
| Practical | 12 | 1 Hour | 12 | Yes | |
| Practical | 4 | 3 Hours | 12 | Yes | |
| Seminar | 86 | 1 Hour | 86 | Yes | |
| Seminar | 20 | 3 Hours | 60 | Yes | |
| Tutorial | 4 | 1 Hour | 4 | Yes | |
| Tutorial | 8 | 3 Hours | 24 | Yes | |
| Workshop | 8 | 3 Hours | 24 | Yes | |
| Self Study/Reading/Preparation | 573 | ||||
| Total | 2000 | ||||
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Practice | 100% | Portfolio of Evidence (Pass/Fail) | 50% | Yes | |
| Practical Evidemce of meet the Teachers' Standards (Pass/Fail) | 50% | Yes |
Formative Assessment
Professional and school-based practice milestones.
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.