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This course is designed to provide students with a staged introduction to teaching technical subjects and areas of the technologies curriculum. The school experience will comprise of a block of approximately eight weeks in a secondary school.

Seven weeks on placement.

Mandatory Entry Requirements

For students progressing from year 1: School Experience T1

None

None

Assessment

A pass fail/grade is awarded for an assessed lesson and on the basis of a joint report completed by the School and the Technology Specialist school experience tutor. The report will reflect performance across all outcomes during the placement, including the assessed visit. Failure in this report will require a retrieval placement to be successfully completed. In the event of a student failing the assessed lesson, they will be given one opportunity to retrieve by obtaining a pass grade in an additional assessed lesson. The second assessment will be arranged as soon as practically possible.

Reassessment

In accordance with the University's Code of Assessment reassessments are normally set for all courses which do not contribute to the honours classifications. For non honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students, and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions are listed below in this box.

This course aims to provide the professional practice context that will allow student teachers to develop and extend their professional knowledge, understanding, skills, professional values and personal commitment. Students will join a department for a seven week block placement. This course allows an introduction to classroom teaching that is gradual, starting with assisting the teacher in working with pupils on a one to one basis and progressing from there to group and finally whole class teaching.

The course also supports students to meet the following elements of the GTCS Standards for Provisional Registration:

1: Professional values and personal commitment

2.1.1 Have knowledge and understanding of the nature of the curriculum and its development

2.1.2 Have knowledge and understanding of the relevant area(s) of pre-school, primary or secondary curriculum

2.1.3 Have knowledge and understanding of planning coherent and progressive teaching programmes

2.1.4 Have knowledge and understanding of contexts for learning to fulfil their responsibilities in literacy, numeracy, health and wellbeing and interdisciplinary learning

2.1.5 Have knowledge and understanding of the principles of assessment, recording and reporting

2.3.1 Have knowledge and understanding of relevant educational principles and pedagogical theories to inform professional practices

2.3.2 Have knowledge and understanding of the importance of research and engagement in professional enquiry

3.1.1 Plan coherent, progressive and stimulating teaching programmes which match learners' needs and abilities

3.1.2 Communicate effectively and interact productively with learners, individually and collectively.

3.1.3 Employ a range of teaching strategies and resources to meet the needs and abilities of learners

3.1.4 Have high expectations of all learners

3.1.5 Work effectively in partnership in order to promote learning and wellbeing

3.2.1 Create a safe, caring, and purposeful learning environment

3.2.2 Develop positive relationships and positive behaviour strategies

3.3.1 Use assessment, recording and reporting as an integral part of the teaching process to support and enhance learning.

3.4.1 Read and critically engage with professional literature, educational research and policy

3.4.2 Engage in reflective practice to develop and advance career long professional learning and expertise

By the end of the course the students will be able to, at level 2:

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the relevant area(s) of the secondary school technology curriculum;
Plan coherent and lessons, and justify what they teach;

Communicate effectively, using a variety of media, in the classroom context;

Use a range of teaching strategies and justify their use;
Manage pupil behaviour fairly, and know when it is necessary to seek advice; 

Work effectively in co-operation with mentoring professionals and other colleagues;
Display a developing responsibility for their professional learning and development;
Respect and show commitment to the communities in which they work.

Students must demonstrate professional behaviour and achieve a pass grade from school based placement partners. Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.