Curriculum Knowledge 3: The World as a Stage (X6618)

30 credits, Level 6

Autumn and spring teaching

This module aims to help you develop solid knowledge and skills for teaching various subjects effectively and securely. You’ll build a strong understanding of established curriculum models and guidelines, allowing you to teach confidently with a firm grasp of key content, core concepts, and skills specific to each subject.

You'll learn how literacy and numeracy are essential foundations for creating successful learning plans and helping students progress. Through this module, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills needed to teach a wide range of subjects and to create your own lesson plans.

One focus of this module is on the role of arts and digital media in engaging and enhancing young learners' education. With the theme "All the World’s a Stage," you'll explore creative ways to include art, design, music, drama, dance, and digital technologies in the curriculum, alongside literacy and numeracy.

As this is the final module in curriculum knowledge, you’ll take more responsibility for shaping your own teaching plans and identifying areas where you want to grow professionally. You’ll be expected to use the latest research and best practices to analyze existing teaching models and apply your skills in creating effective lesson plans. Additionally, you’ll collaborate with peers to model high-quality planning, tailoring lessons to meet diverse needs, and assessing and evaluating effectively.

Teaching

100%: Practical (Workshop)

Assessment

100%: Practical (Portfolio)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 80 hours of contact time and about 220 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.