EDU8221 : Subject Pedagogy in Practice
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Mr Jon Haines
- Lecturer: Mrs Fiona Hepton, Mrs Hayley Hands
- Owning School: Education, Communication & Language Sci
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
This module is a key component of all of the Secondary PGCE routes offered by Newcastle University. It creates a critical link between the student teachers’ understanding of school-based practice context and theory, research and policy related to pedagogy. Students develop knowledge and professional expertise in subject teaching through analysing the practice of other teachers and evaluating and reflecting on their own teaching as it evolves.
a) To provide a theoretical and practical grounding in approaches to teaching and learning.
b) To ensure students can demonstrate the attributes, skills, knowledge and understanding that make up the Teachers’ Standards for Qualified Teacher Status as set out by the Department of Education.
c) To enable students to develop as critical and analytical teachers through their reflective practice and engagement with research related to subject pedagogic knowledge and pedagogic practices.
d) To allow students to develop as new teachers within the context of a subject department and through engagement in observation, teaching, reflection self-evaluation and mentoring.
e) To enable students to enter the teacher profession with the capacity to continue to explore and develop pedagogic practices within changing policy frameworks and contexts.
Outline Of Syllabus
• Understanding what is meant by subject pedagogy
• The nature of knowledge and its role in developing pedagogy
• Influences on pupils’ learning and learning outcomes
• How teachers can draw on theory and research to support their own pedagogic practices
• The role of policy in creating a curricular framework for teaching and learning
• Learning from observing teaching in school contexts
• Planning lessons and understanding learning outcomes
• The use of reflective and evaluative enquiry tools to understand the efficacy of teaching practices and how they can be improved through self-study
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement/Study Abroad | Employer-based learning | 12 | 8:00 | 96:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 25:00 | 25:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 25:00 | 25:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Practical | 4 | 1:00 | 4:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 10 | 3:00 | 30:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Reflective learning activity | 1 | 10:00 | 10:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 10:00 | 10:00 | N/A |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
It is important that students develop a knowledge and understanding of the varied contexts and perspectives relevant to their own development as subject specialists and reflective practitioners. This requires not only an awareness and capacity to engage with various theoretical ideas and concepts, but importantly the opportunity to debate and reflect on the meaning and implications of such ideas for their own situation and practice. Integrated readings introduce key issues and contexts from research, theory and practice which form the basis for taught sessions where students are able to discuss and reflect upon these questions in an informed way. The taught sessions introduce both pedagogical theory and methods, and tools for planning and evaluating teaching and learning. These may then be used by the students during their future teaching placements. Their emerging understanding of practitioner enquiry is consistent across modules and combines professional learning with criticality and evaluative skills. It also forms a means through which student teachers access the Teachers' Standards.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reflective log | 1 | M | 20 | Weekly Evaluative Review submitted to illustrate developing knowledge and awareness of subject pedagogy theory and practice, incl. critical engagement with relevant literature and reflection on classroom observation while in placement school (800 words) |
| Reflective log | 1 | M | 20 | Weekly Evaluative Review to illustrate further development of engagement with relevant literature and increasing knowledge and awareness of subject pedagogy theory and practice, following more extensive opportunities in school placement (800 words) |
| Written exercise | 1 | M | 40 | Literature Review - students illustrating initial and emerging knowledge and awareness of challenges pupils face when learning subject and phase-specific content, alongside their knowledge of the power and limitations of practical strategies (1600 words) |
| Written exercise | 1 | M | 20 | Annotated Lesson Plan/Slide-Deck illustrating how learning & thinking from reading, observation & reflection has informed planning to support learning in a specific episode of teaching, giving further opportunities for reflection & evaluation (800 words) |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The assessed components of this Portfolio have been made to support a more appropriate distribution of marks, and a more balanced model of reflective practice based upon a combination of reading, observational and practical experiences during University taught sessions and while on their teaching placements. The splitting of the Reflective Log into 2 equal sized components also allows students to submit separate PECs should this be necessary.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- EDU8221's Timetable