Assessment
The course provides opportunities to test understanding and learning informally through the completion of practical or 'formative' assignments.
Each module has one or more formal or 'summative' assessments which are graded and count towards the overall module grade. Assessment methods include a range of coursework assessments such as essays, reports, portfolios, performances, presentations and a final year independent studies project.
The precise assessment requirements for an individual student in an academic year will vary according to the mandatory and optional modules taken, but a typical formal summative assessment pattern for each year of the course is:
Year 1
Written work, including essays, portfolios, reports;
Individual or group presentations
Practical performances and teaching related tasks
Year 2
Teaching episodes
Presentations and practical performances
Planning documents
Year 3
Independent study project
Placement portfolio
Lesson observation analysis
Individual or group presentations.