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EDUC42490

Academic Year 2024/2025

Subj Pedag: Bus Studies II (EDUC42490)

Subject:
Education
College:
Social Sciences & Law
School:
Education
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Rachel Farrell
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.


Continuing on from 1 A & 1B modules, the aim of this module is to enable student teachers to understand, appreciate and develop the skills necessary to become an effective teacher of Business at Junior and Senior Cycle. Students will critically examine curriculum content, learning experiences and modes of assessment that are appropriate for curriculum goals at both levels, evaluating their relevance to learners and ensuring that they are based upon principles of effective inclusive instruction and high leverage practice.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will be enabled to:

On completion of this module, students will be enabled to:
* Design units of learning, lesson plans, rich tasks and summative and formative assessments that are culturally relevant and constructively aligned with the learning outcomes of the relevant specification
* Demonstrate a critical understanding of High Leverage Practice as they relate to the subject methods in this module
* Create inclusive learning environments, including digital and virtual ones, that support the learning needs of all pupils by utilising a universal design for learning framework.
* Identify and evaluate existing subject and programme resources relevant to the junior and senior cycle
* Create differentiated resources suitable for junior and senior cycle taking into consideration students with Additional Educational Needs (AEL) and English as an Additional Language (EAL)
* Review and critically analyse assessment strategies, curricula and an appropriate pedagogical repertoire
* Demonstrate the ability to effectively use broadcast and digital media to enhance teaching, learning and assessment
* Acquire and develop proficiency in the use of a variety of differentiated teaching, learning and assessment strategies
* Identify and embed relevant Sustainable Development Goals and Global Citizenship Education in teaching learning and assessment
* Identify and embed relevant literacy, numeracy and other key skills as appropriate
* Identify and embed relevant wellbeing strategies as appropriate
* Reflect on the learning experience both from both the student and teacher perspective
* Demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be a creative and reflective practitioner who has a positive mindset regarding innovative and research informed practice
* Demonstrate pedagogical content knowledge the subject of Business as it relates to JCSP, LCVP and LCA programmes
• Develop increased understanding of some of the contexts in which businesses operate, for example, the legal, ethical and social environments, the regulatory bodies, the capital markets and the public sector
• Display skills in recording, summarising and interpreting financial and economic transactions and events
• Manage their learning independently, including being able to find, extract and analyse data, draw reasoned conclusions from many different sources and reference these appropriately
• Situate the discipline within the school culture and develop an understanding of entrepreneurship in the local and national context
• Mediate the development of entrepreneurship through disciplinary and pedagogical knowledge
• Maintain an interest in continuing professional development for Business/Business Studies teachers through the Business Studies Teachers Association of Ireland (BSTAI) and the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST)

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

46

Autonomous Student Learning

50

Lectures

24

Total

120


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active/task-based learning; peer and group work; lectures; critical writing; reflective learning; debates and student presentations.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered

Not yet recorded.


Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Opportunities will be provided for self and peer-review strategies throughout the module and individual feedback will be provided post-assessment.

Name Role
Ms Larissa Lamb Lecturer / Co-Lecturer