Dr Catarina F Dias Filipe Pancada Correia

Aims:

You will receive a broad introduction to the teaching of Science across KS3 and KS4 and to include a specialist subject (biology, chemistry or physics)...

Aims:

You will receive a broad introduction to the teaching of Science across KS3 and KS4 and to include a specialist subject (biology, chemistry or physics) for KS5. You will focus on specific aspects of the Science curriculum, providing knowledge and understanding of the National Curriculum as a whole and studying issues of continuity and progression within science's big ideas.

Outcomes: 

You will:

- develop your subject knowledge in the context of their developing experience of teaching and learning in London secondary classrooms, including issues of students' alternative conceptions of scientific ideas;

- reflect critically on your own experience as learners and teachers;

- engage with recent and relevant theories of learning and teaching as they relate to the field of Science studies;

- critically and constructively engage with policy contexts and initiatives;

- critically evaluate school-based experiences.

Aims:

This module focuses very specifically on teaching and learning history, exploring what it means to think historically and how this intersects with the...

Aims:

This module focuses very specifically on teaching and learning history, exploring what it means to think historically and how this intersects with the substantive knowledge of history.

Outcomes:

You will:

- explore all of history's second order concepts;

- be introduced to historical enquiry

- plan, teach and evaluate a series of lessons based around a specific dimension of historical thinking.

This module is designed to cover a variety of topics concerning the use of computer systems to present, manipulate, extract or translate information expressed...

This module is designed to cover a variety of topics concerning the use of computer systems to present, manipulate, extract or translate information expressed in natural (i.e. human) language. Areas likely to be covered include machine translation, post-editing, controlled language and speech recognition. Students will acquire a basic understanding of the technology behind language engineering applications, and learn to use and evaluate different tools and technologies. This module has a strong hands-on focus and it is recommended that students taking this module also take CMII0101 and CMII0102.