Description
This module has a focus on: the planning of lessons and schemes of work; an understanding of curriculum and examination specifications; as well as the aims of education in the technical, adult and further education and training sector. This module introduces key ideas in teaching with critical understanding of research and theory. Students are encouraged to interrogate their own assumptions about the teaching and learning of their subject and those of others through reflection and detailed analysis.
This module aims to:
- Enable student teachers to gain an understanding of theories and principles of learning and assessment, and to relate these to their professional practice in the sector
- Develop student teachers’ knowledge of mathematics and numeracy and its pedagogy including
- the implications of personal, social, cultural and educational factors affecting mathematics and numeracy learning
- the connections between different areas of mathematics
- the importance of context and motivation in learning mathematics and numeracy
- Enable student teachers to understand and reflect on what is meant by inclusive classroom practice in relation to theories and principles of learning and communication.
- Enable student teachers to reflect more critically on what is meant by ‘good’ practice in relation to mathematics and numeracy learning in technical, adult and further education and training.
- Develop knowledge and understanding of theoretical perspectives and consider how this applies to curriculum design, course planning and assessment
By the end of the module student teachers will be able to:
- Analyse mathematics and numeracy specialist methods and techniques to enhance teaching, learning and assessments
- Discuss how learning can be made inclusive with reference to appropriate theoretical perspectives
- Analyse the importance of a range of factors influencing the acquisition and learning of language and literacy, and their implications for practiceÌýincluding notions influenced by cognitive science
- Evaluate their own skills and knowledge in relation to teaching mathematics and numeracy including pedagogic content knowledge, threshold concepts and problematic areas of the curriculum
- Engage with the principles of, and strategies for, motivating learners and managing classrooms
- Analyse how the design of courses for mathematics and numeracy learning in the sector is influenced by theoretical perspectives taking into account their currency
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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