This module focuses on the behaviours and needs of the learner and the implications of this for teachers. It will explore how different conditions for learning are established and how these conditions are influenced by school-based factors, as well as the range of other factors that can inhibit or promote pupils’ ability to learn, including children’s social, physical and cognitive development.
The module sessions, student discussion and reflection, supplemented by school experience, will therefore include reference to current research, including aspects of neuro-science, learning theory from seminal theorists and the observation of learning behaviours and environments in school.
This combination aims to aid the establishment of links between theory and effective practice, as well as highlighting issues regarding children’s holistic development which may impact learning in the classroom.
The module will support the key study skills needed for reading and writing at level 4. It also includes 12 days of school experience enabling you to begin to understand how ‘the teacher as researcher’ can be effective in shaping classroom practice.
