Includes: 15 days placement in an educational setting
Teaching is a multi-faceted profession and teachers need to have an understanding of the complexities of the teacher’s role in order to inform their teaching practice and meet the challenges of teaching in a rapidly changing world.
Becoming a Teacher is the first unit in the Effective Teaching sequence. It explores the evolving aims and structures of education and the consequent changing nature of teachers' work. Though engagement with education literature and policy documents, pre-service teachers will develop knowledge of the ethical, legal and professional responsibilities of teachers and understanding of the challenges of teaching in a contemporary world characterised by rapid advances in technologies, and increased diversity of student populations. Effective teaching strategies and the skills of communication in education contexts will be observed, practised, and critiqued. Pre-service teachers will have opportunities to observe and critically reflect on educational contexts and to practise and apply introductory teaching skills through undertaking a professional experience placement.
The aim of this unit is to enable pre-service teachers to develop their understanding of the role of teachers in the 21st century, and to develop their initial philosophy of teaching and their teaching skills.
Teaching is a multi-faceted profession and teachers need to have an understanding of the complexities of the teacher’s role in order to inform their teaching practice and meet the challenges of teaching in a rapidly changing world.
Becoming a Teacher is the first unit in the Effective Teaching sequence. It explores the evolving aims and structures of education and the consequent changing nature of teachers' work. Though engagement with education literature and policy documents, pre-service teachers will develop knowledge of the ethical, legal and professional responsibilities of teachers and understanding of the challenges of teaching in a contemporary world characterised by rapid advances in technologies, and increased diversity of student populations. Effective teaching strategies and the skills of communication in education contexts will be observed, practised, and critiqued. Pre-service teachers will have opportunities to observe and critically reflect on educational contexts and to practise and apply introductory teaching skills through undertaking a professional experience placement.
The aim of this unit is to enable pre-service teachers to develop their understanding of the role of teachers in the 21st century, and to develop their initial philosophy of teaching and their teaching skills.