Latest Module Specifications
Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026
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Description This module serves as an introduction to a number of the practical aspects of teaching, learning, and assessment. Students will engage with such foundational considerations as basic personal and interpersonal skills, communication skills, and educational media skills. The module comprises a range of formats, including lectures, practical tutorials in an ICT laboratory, and engagement with asynchronous online interactive learning resources. Students are introduced to the theory and practice of effective communication for use across a range of educational settings (including in-person and online) and with a variety of educational stakeholders (including pupils, parents, colleagues, student teachers, the school principal, school management, co-professionals and the wider community) in order to advance the communicative skills of student-teachers. They develop foundational pedagogical techniques (including explanation, discussion, questioning, use of story) that draw particularly upon these aspects of communication. During Digital Learning tutorials, students engage with a variety of digital technologies and resources relevant to post-primary level, and will develop relevant technical knowledge and skills of a range of digital technologies effectively to facilitate teaching, learning and assessment practices, and to aid pupil learning As part of ED1300 students engage with specially prepared TOP EdTech online asynchronous learning resources, which aim to equip students with the foundational theory and technical skills to manage lessons and teach in synchronous online environments (such as Zoom and Google Meet). Students are also introduced to and explore their Religious Education topics for the Teaching Online Programme and for Microteaching as part of ED1300. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate a knowledge and comprehension of the theoretical underpinnings of communication in a variety of forms (verbal, non-verbal, digital, online), and the ability to apply these for educational usage. 2. Develop foundational communication skills for use with the spectrum of educational stakeholders (including pupils, teachers, school management, parents/guardians) in a variety of settings (such as classroom, staffroom, online fora) and across the continuum of teacher education. 3. Appraise and evaluate a variety of digital technologies for teaching, learning and assessment, and apply these as determined with regard to post-primary Religious Education and English/History/Music. 4. Understand, evaluate, and critique forms of assessment (assessment of/for/as learning) and employ these for post-primary level. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Foundational Communication and Interpersonal Skills Theories/models of communication and their relevance to educational settings. Verbal and non-verbal communication, and foundational communication skills relating to these. Communicating effectively with stakeholders: pupils, parents, colleagues, student teachers, the school principal, school management, co-professionals and the wider community. Foundational Teaching Strategies How to effectively use description, questioning, story in lessons. Educational, Display and Digital Media Handouts, posters, worksheets - preparation and usage. Use of whiteboards, interactive whiteboards, online whiteboards. Using presentation software (PowerPoint/Google Slides/etc.) in teaching. Teaching with Images Searching for and employing copyright compliant and Creative Commons images. 'Power searching' for images. Evaluating images for purposes of teaching, learning, assessment. Pedagogical strategies for teaching with images. Digital Technologies for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Using cloud-based technologies for preparation of teaching/learning/assessment resources, and for management of own teaching (e.g. preparation of Taisce) and learning (e.g: Loop Reflect, using Google Drive for collaboration, etc.). Locating and preparing resources for, and teaching with, the Interactive Whiteboard. Issues relating to the use of digital technologies in teaching, learning and assessment in post-primary education (such as issues of privacy, information security, copyright, online safety). Introduction to Assessment Theory and practice of formative, diagnostic, and summative assessment. Application through a variety of formats. Teaching Online Theories pertaining to Online Learning (e.g. Community of Inquiry). Using synchronous platforms (e.g. Zoom) for facilitation of online teaching, learning, and assessment. Managing an online lesson. Incorporating additional online services into online teaching. Introduction to teaching topics for Teaching Online Programme and for Microteaching Introduction and exploration of Religious Education (RE) topics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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