EDF5204

Teaching and learning

(EDU)

12 points + 4 hours per week + Full-year + Clayton

Synopsis: Within the themes the unit will cover matters such as learning theories and their application in classrooms; physical, personality and social development; knowledge and the curriculum; the nature of abilities; approaches to classroom control; questioning techniques; lesson structure; and the purposes and methods of assessment. Running through all themes is the general theme of integration, issues concerned with the presence in the one classroom of wide ranges of abilities, interests, and ethnic and social backgrounds.

Assessment: Based on assignments, regular attendance and active participation in classes + A certain amount of content is presented through lectures, and a very substantial proportion of the learning must result from reflection on practical activities and discussions in tutorial groups