Curriculum Knowledge 1: Explorers and Investigators (X6613)

30 credits, Level 4

Autumn and spring teaching

On this module, you’ll focus on developing secure subject and curriculum knowledge for teaching, drawing from established curriculum models and published guidance in policy and research.

You’ll build confidence in understanding core knowledge, second-order concepts, processes, and subject-specific skills for each curriculum area. A key emphasis will be on how strong literacy and numeracy skills underpin effective curriculum design and student progression, and how skilled teachers use this to create rich, engaging learning sequences.

 A key part of this module is the cross-curricular theme of “Explorers and Investigators”, which helps you develop broad subject knowledge and understanding of the world, with a focus on science, history, and geography. You’ll explore the connections between planning, active learning, assessment, feedback and differentiation, all aimed at promoting student engagement and progress.

Throughout the module, you’ll experience and reflect on effective teaching strategies in action.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 94 hours of contact time and about 206 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.