Course Modules

Preparation for this school experience will begin in University through student participation in all elements of the taught course. You will engage in practical work-based learning experiences and complete directed tasks, supported by a University-trained Mentor and Link Tutor who […]

This module allows you to understand what makes an effective teacher of the core curriculum subject of Mathematics.

This module focuses on how to become an effective teacher of the core curriculum subject of Science.

This module aims to provide a context in which you can broaden and deepen your knowledge and understanding of a chosen educational topic. Areas of interest will be identified, developed, and refined into a research project. During this process, you

In order to broaden your knowledge and understanding of education, you will undertake a 10-day placement experience in an education setting of your choice. Working within financial and welfare/risk assessment constraints as determined by the University, you will be able

This module aims to provide contexts in which student teachers develop their skills and confidence in creative problem-solving in their professional world. To do so, it aims to engage student teachers in all stages of the development of an appropriate

This module helps define a range of everyday experiences using psychological models of attitudes, as you learn how to analyse attitudes and explore psychological constructs, methodology and theories associated with experiences. Fundamental data analysis skills will be developed through lectures

The module explores the experience of positive psychology relating the need to understand one’s own motivation, aspirations and goals to: Self-development Personality Need for achievement Self efficacy Self esteem. You will explore psychological theories and empirical findings from investigations into

This module explores functions and experiences relevant to using technology, focusing on the criteria used to assess technology’s usability and how human limitations relate to this usability and usage. You will be introduced to certain psychological theories and empirical findings

This module seeks to enable you to understand the contribution of key thinkers to the development of modern psychology and to appreciate their biographical backgrounds. The lives and work of key thinkers will be introduced and contextualised with reference to