Undergraduate Course: Placement 4 (EDUA10110)
Course Outline
| School |
Moray House School of Education |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Placement |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
40 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
Placement 4 is the last of a series across the four years of the programme. The placement sequence is based on a chronological model. In Placement 4 students are offered the choice between working at early stages (Nursery/P1, or P2 or P3) or middle (P4, P5) or upper (P6, P7). In Placement 4, students need to demonstrate that they are developing further professional knowledge and understanding, increasing abilities and sound professional values. The context provides increased time, and increased opportunities for independent action, to address these aspects. By the end of Placement 4, students should feel that they have been suitably challenged in preparation for their induction year. key feature of this placement is that students undertake a piece of research called the professional project. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| External To University | Laboratory | | 1-11 | 09:00 - 09:50 | | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
35 hour(s) per week for 11 week(s). Block placement of 11 weeks commences January to March
Preparation classes prior to the block placement |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The purposes of Placement 4 are to develop understanding, professional competence and sound values in relation to:
- planning, teaching and assessing an appropriate curriculum for a class over an extended period (20 days), with regard to individual differences;
- developing and implementing an effective strategy for organizing learning and class management;
- assessment and recording, systematically, pupils progress in learning across the curriculum, including suggestions for next steps;
- negotiating, co-operating with, and respecting, school colleagues other professionals, and parents, regarding pupil learning and welfare;
- self-evaluation to improve teaching and learning
- broader school issues, in particular policy and practice relating to primary-secondary transition;
- systematic research on a selected aspect of a teaching programme;
- commitment to the profession, including taking responsibility for their own professional development.
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Assessment Information
As in previous placements, assessment of Placement 4 is based on a grading of satisfactory/unsatisfactory against the SITE categories on the placement assessment profile. Students must achieve the learning outcomes by the end of the block placement. Both university tutors and school mentors have a key role in assessment.
Evidence of achievement of the Learning Outcomes is derived from:
• Student performance in organising, managing, planning, teaching and assessing a class over a sustained period of twenty consecutive days
• The Teaching File
• The Professional Development Portfolio, containing written tasks and Progress Review
• Focussed discussion prior to completion of the assessment profiles.
Details of how these assessment points are overtaken are given to the students in writing in the full Placement 4 documentation.
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Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mrs Barbara Frame
Tel: (0131 6)51 6423
Email: Barbara.Frame@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Elena Novo Cabana
Tel: (0131 6)51 6012
Email: elena.novocabana@ed.ac.uk |
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