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Learning and Teaching 1 is designed to explore the professional values, personal commitment, complex pedagogical approaches and subject knowledge required in curricular specialisms. There will be a focus on the Senior Phase of secondary school to allow you to develop your confidence in working with pupils who are working towards external qualifications. You will develop your skills in planning and delivering lessons, or portions of lessons, that are relevant, challenging and engaging.
This module will help you better understand the complex environment in which you will be working and develop your professional skills and abilities. The content will dovetail with that in the Contexts of Learning module, to help you understand how theory and policy inform practice.

Curriculum
You will develop your knowledge, understanding, skills and abilities in relation to the curriculum, pedagogy and assessment of your curricular area within the secondary curriculum, with a specific focus on the Senior Phase (S4-6). This is the phase where young people undertake National Qualifications. You will develop your understanding of the different curricula available to students within your subject area, and the standards expected by awarding bodies.

Literacy, and Numeracy, and Health & Wellbeing across the Curriculum are key features in all of these activities as you not just model the language and numeracy skills but seek opportunities for innovative and supportive practice to develop these aspects of the curriculum that are the responsibility of all teachers.

Pedagogy
You will understand the methods and underlying theories for effective teaching and learning and learn how to plan lessons appropriately in order to meet the needs of all learners across different contexts.

In developing professional skills and abilities there will be many opportunities offered to develop your skills in the delivery of portions of lessons. In the sciences, laboratory skills, including health & safety, will be a key feature.

Lesson planning and all of its complexities is a key skill to be developed and will be introduced early in this module. This will also allow you to explore your curricular specific knowledge, develop your pedagogical content knowledge and use inclusive pedagogies. It will also allow you to demonstrate a new understanding of assessment. Concept development as pupils progress through your subject area will also be explored.

Practical behaviour management approaches will be explored and you will be given the opportunity to put these approaches into practice in simulated classroom environments.

Assessment
The assessment for this module allows you to demonstrate your learning of how to plan research-informed inclusive lessons for your subject area, demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the content and structure of your subject area, and justify your choices of learning activities within lessons

Professional qualities and capabilities
The module will enable you to engage in professional dialogue with peers and university staff and to work collaboratively. We will also explore professional values and what they mean to your developing role as a teacher.

Throughout the module, you will be expected to model appropriate levels of literacy and numeracy in learning activities and to reflect on the impact of your personal communication on others.

The Learning Outcomes of this module are aligned with the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Standard for Provisional Registration (https://www.gtcs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/standard-for-provisional-registration.pdf).

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1. Demonstrate the attributes of Being a Teacher in Scotland aligned to the Standards for Provisional Registration of the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

LO2. Demonstrate knowledge & understanding of the curricular content of your subject in the secondary school curriculum.

LO3. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the curriculum structure of your subject in the secondary school curriculum.

LO4. Demonstrate a developing critical understanding of inclusive teaching and assessment strategies and resources for your subject area of the secondary curriculum.

LO5. Reflect and engage in self evaluation of classroom practice, using feedback from colleagues and professional reading, relating to the Standards for Provisional Registration.