General:

ARTHUR, J and DAVIES, I (2009) The Routledge Education Studies Textbook, Routledge ISBN 041547955X

BECK, J (2003) Key Issues in Education, Continuum International Publishing ISBN 08264561298

BURTON, B (2007) Introduction to Education Studies, Sage Publications. ISBN 1412921947

COHEN, L (2010) A Guide to Teaching Practice, Routledge ISBN 0415485584

ELLIS, E (ed) (2011) Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools, Learning Matters ISBN 0857253034

GREEN, A (2007) Effective Teaching for the 21st Century, UWIC Press ISBN 1905617615

KYRIACOU, C. (2009) Effective Teaching in Schools: Theory and Practice, London, Nelson Thornes ISBN 1408504239

MOORE, R (2004) Education and Society: Issues and Explanations in the Sociology of Education, Polity Press ISBN 0745617093

POLLARD, A. (2008) Reflective Teaching: Evidence-informed Professional Practice, Continuum International Publishing ISBN 0826493408

PRITCHARD, A (2008) Ways of Learning: Learning Theories and Learning Styles in the Classroom, Routledge ISBN 0415466083

SEWELL, S. (2008) Doing your PGCE at M Level: A Guide for Students, Sage Publications ISBN 1847874290

SMOTH, P (2003) Understanding Children's Development, John Wiley and Sons ISBN 0631228233

Secondary:

CAPEL, S. LEASK, M. AND TURNER, T (2009) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience, London, Taylor and Francis ISBN 0415478723

DAVIES, S (2010) The Essential Guide to Secondary Teaching, Longman ISBN 1408224526

DILLON, J. AND MAGUIRE, M. (eds) (2011) Becoming a Teacher: Issues in Secondary Teaching, Buckingham, Open University Press ISBN 0335242375

Primary:

ARTHUR, J. AND CREMIN, T (eds) (2010) Learning to Teach in the Primary School, Routledge ISBN 0415487900

MOYLES, J (2007) Beginning Teaching, Beginning Learning: in Primary Education, OU Press ISBN 0335221300

HAYES, D (2008) Foundations of Primary Teaching, Routledge ISBN 04152325

University teaching sessions
Tutorials
Placement School/College meetings with Mentor
University library
Materials and Links on PGCE Blackboard

University workshops will draw upon your school experience and help you to interpret that experience in the light of current thinking on teaching, learning, assessment and schooling. Some sessions will introduce you to themes through case studies. At other times you will be asked to focus on evidence you collect through your school experience. You will also be asked to use the ideas explored in the sessions in planning your future work. You will also be asked to collaborate with others in preparing and presenting your views on key issues.

There will be a complementary series of workshops in your school or college. In these workshops, senior colleagues will introduce you to the way in which issues impact on their institution and you will have the opportunity to develop your understanding through dialogue with experienced and trainee teachers.

A further 222 hours of independent study will require you to take responsibility for relating the issues addressed in this module to your personal experience and building up evidence in your portfolio. Your school mentor and university tutor will support you in this process.

Process skills for training to be a teacher
Observing lessons; identifying the context of learning; setting aims, objectives, learning outcomes; questioning; choosing learning activities; evaluating lessons; Use of ICT to support Teaching and Learning.

Thinking about learning
Types of learning; short and long-term memory; self-esteem; attention; motivation; behaviour management; styles of learning; language and numeracy skills; Diversity: individual differences and special needs.

Aspects of lesson planning
Sequencing activities; individual, small group and whole class teaching; styles of learning; classroom behaviour management and discipline plans; differentiation; assessment of students' work; handling values

The curriculum
Primary and Secondary: -e.g. National Curriculum; Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications; 16-19 curriculum; liberal education vs. vocational training; the place of the relevant specialist subject in the Curriculum; ICT as a subject or cross-curricular theme; PSHEE; Engaging with Parents & Carers, P levels, SEN, EAL, G&T etc;

Education in society
Role of education in society; home and school; co-operation and conflict; school choice and competition; different types of schools.

The school environment
Structure, organisation and management of a school; legal framework of the school; delivering the National Curriculum; meeting diverse needs; cross curricular issues; management and behaviour of classes; pastoral care; links with the community; teaching as a career, job applications and interviews, pay and conditions of service, working with other adults in the classroom.

A 4000 word assignment based on a current educational issue that is explored within the context of a school and the current literature - both policy and research based. Trainees will be expected to undertake some small scale primary research on which to base their evaluation and reflect on the implications of their research for their own practice. Assesses Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4

DUE TO THE PROFESSIONAL NATURE OF THE ASSESSMENT, THIS IS A PASS/FAIL MODULE. THIS IS AN ASSOCIATE TEACHER REQUIREMENT.

IN ORDER TO PASS THIS MODULE YOU WILL NEED TO ACHIEVE AT LEAST 50%.

PLEASE NOTE ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTS FOR Semester 1 and 2 2020/21 DUE TO COVID-19 AS FOLLOWS:

To add 'primary and secondary' data to Additional Assessment Details

Process skills for training to be a teacher:
Observing lessons; identifying the context of learning; setting aims, objectives, learning outcomes; questioning; choosing learning activities; evaluating lessons; Use of ICT to support Teaching and Learning.

Thinking about learning:
Types of learning; short and long-term memory; self-esteem; attention; motivation; behaviour management; styles of learning; language and numeracy skills; Diversity: individual differences and special needs.