Primary Education (Work-Based Route) BA (Hons)

Year one

• Creativity in Education 

Creativity in Education

This module provides students with an understanding of the importance of creativity in the Early Years curriculum.  Students will assess the benefits of using a creative and varied teaching style to engage their pupils, and will also learn about the cross-curricular approach to teaching in the modern primary school.

• Learning Outside the Classroom 

Learning Outside the Classroom

This module will provide students with an understanding of the importance of outdoor learning.  Students will be taught how to plan outdoor activities, carry out risk assessments and develop outside learning policy.  The module will include critical discussion of the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto and the development of an outside learning portfolio.

• Professional Studies One 

Professional Studies One

This module gives students knowledge and understanding of professional values and practice (SEN, behaviour management, inclusion, safe guarding); planning, learning and assessment; CPD.

• Using and Applying ICT 

Using and Applying ICT

This module will provide students with an understanding of how to teach young children to use modern computer technology.  Through weekly tasks, students will also learn the benefits of introducing children to ICT at an early age, and will be provided with a grounding in the legal and ethical considerations relating to use of computers and the internet.