STUDY

This module equips trainee teachers with the foundational skills and knowledge needed for effective lesson planning and initial teaching practice. You will be introduced to key theories and principles of teaching, learning, and assessment, alongside relevant legislation and policy that shape the teaching profession. 

Throughout the module, you will be encouraged to make connections between theory and practice, applying evidence-based strategies to support effective lesson planning and classroom delivery. You will also reflect on your own professionalism - considering behaviour, attitudes, and values - with reference to the Occupational Duties. This module provides an initial introduction to teaching practice, helping you develop the skills to plan and deliver inclusive and engaging lessons. Through micro-teaches, you will have the opportunity to apply and refine your teaching approaches, ensuring you can create motivating and supportive learning environments for all learners.

This module is designed to prepare you for the design and implementation of assessment and the monitoring required to ensure progress and achievement. It introduces the relevant theories and principles of assessment, requiring you to apply your learning by designing and evaluating effective learning and assessment strategies and materials. This module is designed to develop your skills to be able to design, plan and assess learning based on the principles and theories of assessment, including:

• Assessing learning

• Enabling learning through assessment

• Planning to meet the needs of learners

• Principles of assessment • Understanding inclusive learning and teaching and barriers to achievement This module will support the trainee teacher to identify the characteristics of a range of behaviours and recognise the impact of the behaviour on teaching, learning, and assessment. This module also prepares trainees for understanding behaviour management in the learning environment and implementing a range of intervention strategies to prevent or address challenging behaviour.

This module runs across semester 1 and semester 2 (plus year 2 if studying part time). The purpose of this module is for you to develop as a reflective and effective practitioner through engagement with personal and professional development planning. You will reflect upon and track the progress of your professional practice and digital literacy skills regularly, drawing upon planned experiences, feedback, theory, and current research taught in Modules 1 and 2 to inform practice.

This module will introduce you to the history of the FE and Skills sector, analyse recent educational developments, and predict the future of the sector. You will explore the theories, principles and models influencing curriculum and demonstrate a critical approach towards curriculum design in your own teaching practice and subject specialism. There are several principles that underpin the module and will be investigated to gain a broad overview of the education sector, recent reform and other contemporary issues influencing curriculum design.

Within this module, you will select an educational issue based on your classroom practice to generate a case study topic. The aim of this case study is to address the questions of "what, why, how, and who" concerning real-life situations within the learning environment. This methodology allows you to use the module as a precursor to a formal, large-scale research project, supporting your professional development or progression to Master's pathways. The case study provides you with a deeper understanding of existing problems and serves as a medium to identify issues that can shape their future practice. Based on your teaching experiences, you will identify an area of your practice suitable for a case study project to support you in developing skills that underpin evidence informed practice. This enquiry activity should demonstrate a clear and positive impact on your professional development and improvement in teaching practice, as you experiment with delivery and reflect on it. This case study will support you in meeting your occupational duties by allowing you to apply theoretical knowledge and evidence-based enquiry in practical settings, reflecting on your teaching methods, and to continuously improve your instructional strategies based on classroom experiences. Additionally, you will learn to evaluate and enhance your wider professional practice, considering occupational duties and standards. Feedback from peers and tutors will support this reflective process, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with professional expectations. This process supports you in developing new knowledge and skills directly related to their practice, promoting reflective teaching and thinking, and expanding their pedagogical approaches.