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EDUC2471: Foundation Subjects and School-based Practice 2

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Type Tied
Level 2
Credits 20
Availability Available in 2025/2026
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Education

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None

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

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • 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;

Subject-specific Skills:

  • 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.

Key Skills:

  • 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

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Practicals84 per term2 Hours16Yes
Computer Classes2Once Per Term2 Hours4Yes
Seminars105 per term2 Hours20Yes
Lectures62 per week, three times1 Hour6Yes
Seminars124 per week, three times1 Hours12Yes
Fieldwork7Weekly9 hours63Yes
Lectures6Once1 hour6Yes
Seminars12Once1 hour12Yes
Lectures4Once2 hours8Yes
Fieldwork2Once3 Hours6Yes
Independent Study20Weekly1 Hour20 
Preparation and Reading27 
Total200 

Summative Assessment

Component: Poster AssignmentComponent Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Poster1500 words or equivalent100

Formative Assessment

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

More information

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