This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module will provide the opportunity for third year undergraduates to gain valuable transferable skills by giving them some first-hand teaching experience in a secondary school classroom. Each student will spend half a day each week for one term in a local school under the supervision of a specific teacher, who will act as a mentor, and decide the tasks and responsibilities of the student. The weekly school based work and university based work will complement each other.
They will observe sessions taught by their designated teacher and possibly other teachers. Initially, for these sessions the students will concentrate on specific aspects of the teachers’ tasks, and their approach to teaching a whole class. As they progressed, their role will be as teaching assistants, by helping individual pupils who are having difficulties or by working with small groups. They may teach brief or whole sessions with the whole class or with a small group of students where they explain a topic related to the school syllabus. They may also talk about aspects of University life. They must keep a weekly journal reflecting on their activities at their designated school.
This module is subject to change pending faculty approval
2 hours per week of classes, plus 36 hours spent in placement school
Some travel may be required by students taking this module.
In this instance, it should be noted that the University is unable to cover the cost of any such journey.
Indicative Reading List -
General:
Capel, Susan Anne, Leask Marilyn, Turner Tony, Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience, (London: Routledge, 2012)
Nicholls, Gill, A Introduction to Teaching a Handbook for Primary and Secondary School Teachers, 2nd. ed. (London: RoutledgeFalmer: 2004)
Leibling, Mike, The A-Z of Learning: Tips and Techniques for Teachers (New York: Routledge, 2005)
Specific:
Adams, Anthony, Brindley Susan, Teaching Secondary English with ICT, (Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2007)
Evans, Carol, Teaching English: Developing as a Reflective Secondary Teacher, (London: Sage, 2009)
Fleming Mike, Stevens David, English Teaching in Secondary School: Linking Theory and Practice, 2nd edition, (London: David Fulton Publishers, 2004)
Goodwin, Andrew, Literary and media texts in secondary English new approaches (London: Cassel, 1998).
Pike, Mark A., Teaching Secondary English, (London: Thousand Oaks, 2004)
Websites
http://www.education.gov.uk/
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curriculum/secondary
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successful completion of the module students will:
1. Be able to present language material and subject related ideas concisely and coherently to a variety of audiences.
2. Understand the role of literature as a tool to engage students and improve their grasp of their own language or target language.
3. Create, put into practice and evaluate a specific idea or project.
4. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the needs of different learners in secondary school settings and how a variety of appropriate teaching methods might address these.
5. Develop an understanding of the National Curriculum and the role of English and Literature within the Curriculum.
6. Acquire knowledge of the organisation within schools and the management of people within them.
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