Module EDUC2471: Foundation Subjects and School-based Practice 2

Department: Education

EDUC2471: Foundation Subjects and School-based Practice 2

Tied To

• X101: Primary Education
• X102: Primary Education (with Year Abroad)
• X103: Primary Education (with Placement Year)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To build and strengthen trainees knowledge and understanding of:
• teaching, learning and assessment in the primary classroom; 
• teaching and learning in foundation subjects; 
• the Teachers’ Standards, the ITT ECF and approaches needed to fulfil these; 
• the development of professional identity; 
• safeguarding in primary education.

Content

• Establishing high expectations;
• Promoting good progress;
• Developing and strengthening approaches to behaviour management in the primary classroom;
• Developing and strengthening knowledge about pedagogy;
• Developing and strengthening knowledge about adaptive teaching;
• Developing and strengthening knowledge about the primary curriculum;
• Developing and strengthening knowledge about assessment in primary education;
• Building and strengthening teacher professional behaviours;
• Developing and strengthening knowledge and understanding of safeguarding;
• Developing and strengthening knowledge of the foundation subject curriculum and pedagogies.

Learning Outcomes

• Methods and approaches suited to the effective planning, organisation and management of the primary curriculum, teaching and learning;
• Development of pedagogic content knowledge;
• Key ideas underpinning the Primary National Curriculum;
• Key ideas underpinning the foundation subject curriculum;

• To be able to reflect on own value systems and development;
• To communicate understandings about teaching in primary education;
• To observe, record and triangulate educational practice to theory in primary schools and classrooms.

• Demonstrate and reflect on professional behaviours as required in the ITTECF and the Teachers’ Standards;
• Communicate ideas, principles and theories effectively in written and oral form;
• Construct and sustain a reasoned argument;
• Think critically and independently;
• Work effectively, both independently and as part of a team, on given tasks and activities;
• Manage time and work to deadlines.

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

• Workshops, enrichment days, lectures, seminars, tutorials, ITAPs and placement days will be used as appropriate to support students in developing their understanding of and ability to fulfil the professional responsibilities of a teacher.
• All learning outcomes will be assessed appropriately via the assignment.
• Students must attend School Placement Days comprising 5 Serial Days, 29 Block Placement days and 4 ITAPs School Days.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Formative feedback for a skeleton plan of the poster assignment (up to 300 words) will be provided through written feedback.