The educational aim of the programme is to prepare student teachers to enter the profession as well prepared knowledgeable, reflexive, transformative classroom teachers. Consequently, on this taught programme student teachers study the relevant areas of curriculum and pedagogy for their subject discipline. Student teachers will have a knowledge of arrangements within their curricular area for learning, teaching and assessment. They will have knowledge and understanding of the important elements within the Standard for Provisional Registration in relation to social justice and learning for sustainability and how this can be embedded in classroom practices. Student teachers will develop through teaching in the university and through placement experience, the necessary professional, reflexive critical understanding of the wider remit and responsibility of the teacher in the school, community and society. They will have engaged critically, in the university and on placement with ideas related to the purposes and values of education; matters of social justice; the value of research in education and the teacher role of enquiry as stance.
Overall
Students will:
• demonstrate a critical and analytical understanding of the ways in which curricular arrangements, theories of learning and teaching, research and equalities, diversity and values are used by an effective, reflective and reflexive practitioners in planning to teach and in their role in the wider life of the school.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
• critically appraise and evaluate theories of learning and teaching
• demonstrate the ability to incorporate these into their planning and preparation for practice
• demonstrate the ability to incorporate these into their planning and preparation for practice
• have a critical understanding of a range of assessment practices including formative and summative, self and peer assessment
Curriculum
• critically appraise and evaluate curricular arrangements for the different stages of secondary school education
• use the curricular arrangements critically, creatively and reflectively in order to plan teaching individual and series of lessons which take account of theories of learning and teaching and the needs of individuals and groups of learners
Equalities, Diversity and Values
• critically appraise and evaluate the values explicit in documents and legislation relevant to and /or about Scottish education which relate to inclusion, additional support needs, fairness and social justice
• demonstrate that they take account of these values in their analytical and critical personal reflection on their own development as a teacher
• demonstrate that they take account of these values analytically and critically in their planning for practice
• demonstrate an analytical and reflective understanding of aspects of social justice which can be embedded in teaching (for example, this may be focused on literacies and empowerment, numeracy and health and well and including those at risk of marginalization )
Research
• read and respond critically and analytically to research in education (academic texts and articles from a wide range of sources)
• use research reflectively in planning teaching and practice and to inform development as teachers
• critically appraise and evaluate the relationship between educational research, government initiatives and national curricula documents
• demonstrate ‘enquiry as stance’ in their approach to research and its relationship to practice; and in their own professional development.
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