Teaching & Learning in Schools - EDU00039M

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  • Department: Education
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2025-26

Module summary

This module will explore some key features of teaching and learning in schools. We will engage with a range of concepts, thinkers, practitioners and classroom practice via the VLE and sessions.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2025-26

Module aims

To introduce students to key psychological ideas that have been applied to teaching and learning in schools.

Module learning outcomes

Subject content:

  • Understand and be able to critically reflect upon key ideas regarding teaching and learning in schools
  • Understand how these ideas provide a framework to consider and evaluate teaching and learning
  • Display awareness of theoretical frameworks and relevant research writings and findings regarding teaching and learning in schools.

Academic and graduate skills:

  • Able to critically analyse and communicate theoretical frameworks and research findings.
  • Aware of issues concerning the collection and interpretation of research data.
  • Able to identify relevant research literature.
  • Able to develop and make use of ICT skills.

Module content

Overview of our course:

  • Introduction: fundamental concepts of education
  • Purposes of education and approaches to learning
  • Lesson planning and assessment
  • SEND
  • Diversity, equality and social justice in schools
  • Teaching skills and Teacher CPD
  • Teacher-pupil relationships and pupil misbehaviour
  • Dialogic teaching and learning
  • Research rich practice

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

Students will receive written feedback on their summative assessments. The feedback is returned to students in line with university policy. Please check the Guide to Assessment, Standards, Marking and Feedback for more information.

Indicative reading

Kyriacou, C. (2018). Essential Teaching Skills (5th edn). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hattie, J. (2012). Visible Learning For Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning. Routledge