Primary Education Placement 4 (School) (ED0998)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : EDU-4-PrPlacSG

This placement, twelve weeks at a stage of the students' choice (lower/upper) is designed to build on, use and extend experiences, learning outcomes and understandings, developed on previous placements. It is intended to be coherent and progressively demanding, maintaining a pattern of growth in all areas.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Successful completion of Third Year of the BEd (Primary Education) degree programme.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Education, (The Moray House School of Education, Schedule C)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	09:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Friday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of placement students will be able to:
- take responsibility for planning, implementing, assessing and evaluating a full teaching programme for the whole class for an extended period, normally 20 days over a period of 25 working days. (1.13, 1.1.4, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.3, 3.2);
- plan and undertake systematic research on a selected aspect of a teaching programme (1.3.1, 1.3.2, 2,4,1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 3.2);
- communicate effectively about children's learning with teaching staff and parents being (1.2.1 1.2.2, 1.3.2; 2.1.4, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3);
- participate with confidence in a school's professional development activities, its informal curriculum and in the wider life of the school (1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.1.4, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3).;
- analyse the context of a school and draw out implications for teaching and learning (1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3);
- show awareness of the primary/secondary interface (1.2.1, 1.2.2, 2.1.4, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3).

Assessment Information

At the end of the placement the school should complete a final assessment grading on the A-E scale. In order to pass the placement the student has to receive a pass grade from both the school and the University for each of the six categories on the final assessment profile.