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Learning & Teaching
The M level module that brings together theory and practice
The L&T Dream Team
The Learning & Teaching module is fronted by a team of excellent research-informed lecturers, all of whom have vast experience as classroom practitioners. They will be your tutors, guiding and inspiring you throughout the year to become critically reflective classroom practitioners
Tutors
Georgina Merchant
Georgina Merchant
Gorden Pope
Gorden Pope
Catherine Brown
Catherine Brown
Robert Newell
Lloyd Sutcliffe
Isabel Macdonald
Isabel Macdonald
L&T Sessions
Sessions
All L&T sessions will get you challenging your thinking. You will need to be prepared to think critically and to discuss your ideas. Critical reading and thorough preparation is a pre-requisite of every session. Have a browse of some of the session titles and a flavour of the sorts of questions you will be grappling with
Diversity, difference and Equality
Diversity, difference and Equality
How might a teacher's thinking contribute to the underachievement of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) children as well as those from low income families?
Grouping Children
How does a teacher decide to group the children in his or her class and what are the pros and cons of those decisions?
Grouping Children
Collaboration
How does a teacher turn group work into collaborative work?
Collaboration
Curriculum
Who designs the curriculum and what does it say about what is valued in your classroom?
Curriculum
Resources
When you enrol in September you will have access to Moodle and UCL library services. Everything you need to be successful will be at your fingertips.
Resources
Reading Lists
You will have access to reading lists for each L&T session and for each L&T essay question. You will be signposted to the essential readings for each session. It is imperative that you engage in this reading. Success in this module depends on the depth of yoru reading and thinking so treat the lists as a starting point.
Please read critically. This means that instead of reading from cover to cover and trying to retain everything, read with a focus or a question in mind. Make notes with questions and conflicts that arise and with links between the reading and previous reading and experience.
Reading Lists
Please note that this is an example from this year's reading list for illustration purposes only. These texts may or may not be included for 2020-21.
Core Texts
Core Texts
The two core texts pictured here are necessary for the L&T module and for the Professional Studies component of the Professional Practice Module. We are currently using the 2014 edition but more recent versions would be fine too. You can purchase these texts if you prefer hard copy but please note that these texts are free to access online via the library once you have enrolled so you do not need to purchase the texts.
Assessment
Assessment
As a PGCE student you are in the very strong positon of being research engaged and a teacher in the classroom. Sadly this is rare and it is a major strength.
To highlight your capability to synthesise theory and practice, the L&T module is assessed by a 5000 word assignment written in repsonse to set questions that are based on the themes running through the module.
You will submit an essay plan so we can check on your progress before you submit a full assignment for detailed, formative feedback. You will then have a chance to make amendments before final submission.
You will receive support via Moodle and in the form of a whole cohort tutorial and a group tutorial. Success on the L&T module gives you 30 M level credits for future studies at M level.
Introduction
Welcome to the Teaching and Learning Module. This M level module is embedded within the UCL Connected Curriculum and the Teaching and Learning Research Project (TLRP). This module focuses on: teaching pedagogy, reflective practice and critical analysis - thinking, inquring and asking questions are vital.
Teaching and Learning Research Project (TLRP)
The TLRP was a UK wide research project that spanned 10 years and analysed teaching and learning using 100s of small and large scale research studies. Read more about the project using the PDF below. The principles of effective pedagogy that came from the project underpin the L&T module and can be seen in the poster attached
TLRP Principles
UCL Connected Curriculum
The Connected Curriculum aims to ensure that all UCL students are able to learn through participating in research and enquiry at all levels of their programme of study. As a PGCE student you will be in the unique postion of being research informed when teaching and being able to critique research on the basis of your experience
UCL Connected Curriculum
Pre-Course Task
Working at Masters level means thinking critically. Thinking critically means asking questions, considering sources, thinking about limitations, links and - ultimately - relevance for the children in your class. Reading critically is the same. We do not want you to read a text from first word to last with a view to retaining every detail. Instead, we want you to read with a focus in mind - a dilemma, a question, a concept - and to think about how what your reading changes your thinking. We will provide you with more guidance at the start of the course but in advance of the first day we would like you to engage with two texts critically. Choose two of the texts from the four links on this page and make notes in response to the following questions. We will ask you to discuss your thinking when we first meet for L&T Day 1.
Pre-Course Task
1. What are the strengths and limitations of the source?
2. What questions does it raise for a teacher of primary children?
3. What might you want to read about next in order to develop your thinking?
Collaboration Reading
Collaboration Reading
Copy and paste the link below into your address bar and look through the information from the EEF Toolkit. Choose one of the texts from the reference list and answer the 3 core questions on the previous page
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/pdf/generate/?u=https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/pdf/toolkit/?id=152&t=Teaching%20and%20Learning%20Toolkit&e=152&s=
Grouping Reading
Click on the PDF below or go to https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10054136/1/Bradbury_BERJ_phonics_and_grouping.pdf for an article written by Associate Professor Alice Bradbury and answer the 3 questions on the previous page
Grouping Reading
Author Profile at https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ABRAD72
Equality and Diversity
The PDF below, written by Associate Professor Christine Callender, looks at the experiences of black male teachers in primary schools in England, USA, Canada and Australia. Read and respond using the 3 questions on the previous page
Equality and Diversity Reading
Author Profile at https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=CCCAL16
Curriculum
The pdf here is the recently published curriculum document for Relatonships Education from the Department for Education. Please read with a view to responding to the 3 questions on the previous page