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EDUC30340: Understanding Secondary Classrooms (History)
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| Type | Tied |
|---|---|
| Level | 3 |
| Credits | 40 |
| Availability | Not available in 2024/2025 |
| Module Cap | |
| Location | Durham |
| Department | Education |
Prerequisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combinations of Modules
- None.
Aims
- To critically understand a secondary curriculum subject and generic educational issues and their relationship to secondary children and classrooms.
- To 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 | Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 20 | 4 per week | 1 hour | 20 | Yes |
| Tutorials | 5 | 1 per week | 1 hour | 5 | Yes |
| Seminars | 50 | 5 per fortnight | 2 hours | 100 | Yes |
| Preparation and Reading | 275 | ||||
| Total | 400 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: A Portfolio of Evidence | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Element | Length / Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| A Portfolio of Evidence | 2000 words | 100 | |
Formative Assessment
Preliminary feedback on the portfolio and assignment above.
More information
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