This M Level module is embedded within the UCL Connected Curriculum and the research informed Teaching and Learning Principles project (TLRP; Pollard,...

Primary - Learning and Teaching Through the Core Subjects in the Primary Context (LCLL0017)

This M Level module is embedded within the UCL Connected Curriculum and the research informed Teaching and Learning Principles project (TLRP; Pollard, 2014).

This module aims to:

empower you with a critical, research and enquiry-led approach to teaching and learning based on current, recent and relevant research/publications;
 maintain a commitment to social equity and social justice for the whole range of school students, teachers and schools; working towards a culturally diverse society in which the rights and responsibilities of all are recognised and promoted in teaching and learning;
 provide you with an excellent basis for professional practice as a classroom teacher that meets and extends beyond the statutory requirements of the standards for QTS;
 enable you to become a critically reflective practitioner and academic writer at M Level.
Expected learning outcomes for this M Level module are as follows:

a) To demonstrate an understanding of key aspects of the field of study and practice, exemplified via:

a grasp of issues and critical insight into professional pedagogic practice;
 an understanding of learning processes and the various contexts of learning;
 an ability to be creative, independent and successful in the application of knowledge in teaching and other work with a range of learners and colleagues.
b) To demonstrate the ability to explore, analyse, discuss and reflect on teaching and learning, exemplified via:

a capacity to analyse teaching and learning within immediate and wider professional contexts;
 an ability to draw from and apply appropriate intellectual perspectives to teaching and learning;
 an understanding and analysis of values underpinning or influencing pedagogic approaches.
These outcomes will be demonstrated in the assessment for this module - a 5,000 word essay - as well as engagement and attendance to Learning and Teaching taught sessions.