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Primary Education Placement 4 (School) (ED0998)

? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : EDU-4-PrPlacSG

This placement, twelve weeks at a stage of the students' choice (lower/upper) is designed to build on, use and extend experiences, learning outcomes and understandings, developed on previous placements. It is intended to be coherent and progressively demanding, maintaining a pattern of growth in all areas.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Successful completion of Third Year of the BEd (Primary Education) degree programme.

Subject Areas

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Tuesday 09:00 10:50 Central
Lecture Friday 09:00 10:50 Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of placement students will be able to:
- take responsibility for planning, implementing, assessing and evaluating a full teaching programme for the whole class for an extended period, normally 20 days over a period of 25 working days. (1.13, 1.1.4, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.3, 3.2);
- plan and undertake systematic research on a selected aspect of a teaching programme (1.3.1, 1.3.2, 2,4,1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 3.2);
- communicate effectively about children's learning with teaching staff and parents being (1.2.1 1.2.2, 1.3.2; 2.1.4, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3);
- participate with confidence in a school's professional development activities, its informal curriculum and in the wider life of the school (1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.1.4, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3).;
- analyse the context of a school and draw out implications for teaching and learning (1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3);
- show awareness of the primary/secondary interface (1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.1.4, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3).

Assessment Information

At the end of the placement the school should complete a final assessment grading on the A-E scale. In order to pass the placement the student has to receive a pass grade from both the school and the University for each of the six categories on the final assessment profile.

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Michelle Melrose
Tel : (0131 6)51 6132
Email : Michelle.Melrose@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Mr Nigel Parton
Tel : (0131 6)51 6435
Email : Nigel.Parton@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/

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