Course Modules

This practical placement module builds on theory from taught modules in the programme and placements at both Levels 4 and 5. It gives you opportunities in relevant settings to achieve the Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competences. You will complete 25 […]

This module will explore a range of different media that is produced for children. This will include children’s books, both fiction and non-fiction, children’s television, children’s film, and digital media. The module will take a broad approach drawing on theories

This module explores children and criminality from various points of view, from offending to court procedures, from explanations of children’s crime to protection of victims, and allows you to draw conclusions about the special status of children and the legal

This module aims to introduce you to the key factors that affect strategies for leading and managing in Early Years provision. You will develop knowledge and understanding of how to improve practice through working alongside staff, children, families and other

This module aims to introduce you to theoretical and practical concepts related to the development and mentoring of coaches.  You will critically examine the methods and processes through which coaches learn and develop. It will embed theories of learning and

You will learn and apply innovative and cutting-edge methods of analysis evident in coaching literature.

This first research module will allow you to consolidate prior learning and explore a variety of research methodologies and their application. You will also extend your basic research skills and address current thinking in the field.

A focus on planning and monitoring training of athletes and how a programme of physiological support can be used to enhance performance. You will engage in current literature identifying the physiological demands of the athletes chosen sport, key measures of

This final school placement allows you to gain proficiency in whole class teaching across the secondary curriculum and to develop knowledge about school management, performance and national targets. This placement is linked to and designed to enable you to meet

You will be given opportunities to reflect on the knowledge base introduced in taught modules and to extend and demonstrate the inter-relationships between pedagogical theory, mathematics and your placement experiences. It is designed to be focused on the awareness that