Curriculum Information

This module builds on Core Studies 2 by focusing on a more critically reflective evaluation of elements of the education sector in Wales, exploring: 

• Theories and research about pedagogy and human development, including what this means for a student teacher’s professional identity, values and ethos. 

• The various and competing requirements of teacher practice, including engaging meaningfully and constructively with reform. 

• Balancing professional freedoms and accountability in working with a purposes-based curriculum. 

• Evidence-informed strategies to address equity and equality, and factors that impact upon effective learning and progress, including the impact of learners’ backgrounds, identities, experiences and needs. 

• The implications of the Additional Learning Needs Code (2021) and Act (2018) for student teachers’ professional identity, values and ethos. 

• The Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, The Framework on embedding a whole-school approach to emotional and mental wellbeing (2021), A Children’s Rights Approach to Education in Wales and Equality Act 2010, and their impact on teachers’ practice.? 

• The centrality of well-being to effective learning and teaching.  

• A range of purposes and practices for assessment appropriate to the needs of all learners and the requirements of the curriculum, including assessment of and for learning. 

• The aims purposes and organisation of other education settings (e.g. Early Years settings, Pupil Referral Units), which may impact upon learners’ transition. 

• Effective, evidence-based strategies for communicating assessment and other performance data appropriately to learners, their parents/carers and teaching colleagues. 

• Effective, evidence-based strategies to utilise cross-curricular skills, knowledge and understanding to support and develop learners’ understanding of other areas of learning. 

• The role of learner voice in achieving the four purposes of the curriculum and in planning effectively to address future learning needs. 

• The contractual, pastoral, and legal responsibilities of teachers in Wales including registration and familiarity with the Education Workforce Council (EWC), the EWC code of conduct, and fitness to practise mechanisms in Wales.