Progression through the programme:

Subject Studies (EDP381)

This module will investigate the content of subject areas taught within your specific subject and/or curriculum, including:

• Consideration given to the development of a variety of approaches to teach a particular subject or topic area
• Formulating skilful questioning which reveals levels of pupil/student understanding
• Ways of motivating pupils/students including the provision of a challenging curriculum designed to foster pupils’/students’ problem solving abilities
• Setting homework or home-based activities that are challenging, consolidate work already completed and encourages pupils/students to take responsibility for their own academic progress

Some modules have prerequisites. Read more about what this means in our Help and Advice article.

Practice of Teaching (EDP380)

This module involves trainees immersing themselves in teaching institutions to develop professional knowledge about teaching and learning and to make judgements about the routines, skills and strategies that support effective teaching. It provides them with the breadth and variety of experience in a work based learning environment to meet professional Teachers’ Standards identified in Government legislation current at the time of study, consistently and over a sustained period of time.

The first block will entail 6 weeks of teaching practice with approximately 11 hours of teaching per week. The second block will entail 6 weeks of teaching practice with approximately 14 hours of teaching per week. Please note that QTS will not be recommended after completion of this programme.

Development of Learning: A Case Study (EDP M01) (Masters level 7)

During your time in an educational setting, prior to engagement with this module, you will identify the way in which the school/college/setting in which you are placed addresses the particular educational needs of a particular small group of individual pupils/students (or it might be one student) and which shows how learning is developed over a short period of time, or alternatively, what could be done to enhance its development in the future.

Examples to consider could be: the way in which the school/college/setting deals with those identified as having special educational needs; how the school/college deals with pupils who routinely do not engage in aspects of classroom learning or homework or with their peers; how the school supports more able and talented pupils; or how the school supports improvements in behaviour.

Please note that you will not study an individual pupil/student but the intervention, process, or aspect of teaching and learning put in place to support them.

There will be a range of material provided which will enable and empower you to approach the work which will be entirely relevant to you at this point in your training. You will be able to engage with, and critically evaluate, teaching and learning at a scale other than that of whole class planning. Support will be available throughout the time enrolled on the module from your subject tutor. This will enable you to discuss your research and proposed methodology/problems as you progress through the work.

Negotiated Individual Study in Education (EPD M97) (Masters level 7)

This module provides students with the opportunity to structure and undertake a piece of independent academic study related to their particular vocational/professional development, which will encourage them to engage in intellectual challenge and dialogue. Students will develop both general and specific knowledge and skills, which will vary according to each student’s chosen projects. These will be negotiated and agreed between the student, the subject supervisor and the supervising university tutor. Students will also identify and develop key skills that will enhance their ability to transfer learning to further study and to the workplace. The students will each make an interim presentation of their research proposal and a final written account of their learning.