Secondary Physical Education with QTS - BA (Hons)

Within this module you will learn about a range of pedagogical practices which bring about high quality PE lessons where school children are physically active for sustainable periods of time. You will identify the key principles of high quality teaching practice and relate these to practical experiences of teaching PE and sport.

Within this module students will learn about the reasons for physical activity promotion and the barriers to physical activity participation. Students will identify the recommended daily guidelines for physical activity, whilst exploring health and social strategies to improve lifestyle through facilitating physical activity behaviours.

Within this module you will learn about a range of issues surrounding PE and sports coaching. You will identify the key principles of what helps students engage in PE and sport, and what local, national and international initiatives are available to help promote a physical active and healthy lifestyle.

This module is a progression from the Level 4 “Introduction to Secondary PE” module.  The module explores the use of different pedagogies used in physical education and builds on your understanding of how to teach effectively.  The module looks at different models based practice and allows an opportunity for you to participate in “modelled lessons” in order for you to see how these pedagogical models work in practice, but also to see the viewpoint of the pupil.  

*Practical sessions for this module will take place at the Doug Ellis Sports Centre in Perry Barr.

This module, Subject Studies, provides opportunities for you as a trainee teacher to explore the nature of your specialist subject in the context of learning and teaching in the secondary school.  The module provides substantial support for your professional practice in school, applied through the professional practice modules.  This module provides a strong philosophical underpinning to your awareness of the importance of your specialist subject in the secondary school curriculum.  By undertaking this module you will be shaping your own rationale for your approach to the teaching of your specialist subject, and to meeting the needs of the learners as they move through the secondary school phase.

*Practical sessions for this module will take place at the Doug Ellis Sports Centre in Perry Barr.

This module refers to the wider inclusion agenda, rather than just pupils with special education needs or disabilities. It considers the barriers to learning that pupils may have within the subject specialism, and specific classroom approaches or interventions that can be used to address these barriers.

This module will provide opportunities for you to progress from professional practice 1, by support you in embedding and enhancing your classroom practice as evidenced by the teaching standards. During your placement, you will consider the wider area of inclusion and how, in your subject specialism, specific classroom approaches can be developed to address the many barriers to learning that pupils hold.

This module will support subject knowledge development of alternative and outdoor activities through onsite and off-site experiences. Through theoretical and practical sessions, you will develop a deeper understanding of the effective teaching and learning approaches when delivering alternative and outdoor activities and how they are implemented in the Secondary PE environment.

Over the course of the module, you will participate in a range of activities, considered non-traditional within the PE context, which are growing in popularity and are effective in promoting lifelong physical activity of secondary school pupils. In addition to this, we will look at activities that are of relevance to pupils from differing cultures and backgrounds, to further promote a meaningful PE curriculum to all and to reflect present day society.

We will consider the planning and delivery of alternative and outdoor activities from within the school context and through off-site visits. You will develop an essential understanding of the health and safety considerations when delivering such activities and identify how to overcome these to ensure safe practice is at the forefront of your teaching.

This module will allow prospective Secondary PE teachers to develop their subject knowledge and pedagogical practice across a wide range of activities which students are typically less confident or experienced within. It will allow you to broaden your skills and teaching of outdoor and alternative activities and in turn, help to develop the quality of your teaching in this area.

*Practical sessions for this module will take place at the Doug Ellis Sports Centre in Perry Barr.

The Additional Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) Portfolio module looks to develop subject knowledge, additional to that of physical education, and is aimed at the year three BA hons Secondary physical education students in a subject area additional to that of physical education. The subject knowledge being developed will align to the student’s prior knowledge and understanding, building upon this to apply the requirements and expectations of the secondary school curriculum including, where appropriate, examination specifications.

In this double semester module, you will be supported to enhance your subject knowledge, in an additional subject, to enable you to teach pupils confidently and competently across the secondary age-phase, with an emphasis on the curriculum required to meet the demands of public examinations. This module provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate and reflect on your additional subject knowledge and how it should be applied to the secondary school curriculum.

Structured support will enable you to proactively engage with a critical analysis of your own subject knowledge to meet the needs of the current curriculum in your specialist subject. The understanding you gain about your own learning processes will give insight into the learning dynamics that are likely to occur in a school classroom. Through interactive teaching and learning methods, you will share your journey in the enhancement of your subject knowledge by considering how you could lead learning in an area of development indicated in your subject audit.

This will be valuable preparation for you joining the teaching profession, with you holding specialist subject and pedagogical knowledge, alongside this additional subject knowledge enhancement. This process will be supported with guided independent study and may also be supported by your work in a school placement.

You will view this module through the eyes of being a curriculum leader, exploring and discussing curriculum and pedagogical choices in order to offer an effective curriculum in your subject, suitable for effective teaching and learning.

This module explores the role of your subject plays in the secondary school. It explores different aspects of your subject, where you will investigate the history and evolution of your subject’s curriculum, plus the differences that exist between schools.

You will also be investigating the KS4 theory aspect of your subject and what choices schools have in offering the subject at the 14-16 age range, including, but not limited by, vocational options or more traditional options, including the range of examination bodies that offer your subject.

This module will also tie in with key pedagogy and subject knowledge from previous modules.

This module will allow you to actively examine your professional practice in the workplace and to develop a reflective approach to personal development.  Through studying it, you will further develop your practice-based enquiry skills.  Increasing importance is placed on evidence-based enquiry to inform professional development in education.

This module, The Professional Teacher, provides opportunities for you as a trainee teacher to explore and understand in practical terms the meaning of professionalism in the context of your subject specialism.  You will understand the holistic and positive role of a teacher and the practices and policies of the education framework in which you operate.  Implicit in this will be the development of your understanding of how children learn in your subject (pedagogy) and how this is organised, delivered and measured in the current range of school systems. 

Working in partnership with schools over a sustained period of time in school, this module, Professional Practice 3, enables you to build on and demonstrate your mastery and achievement of the professional standards and expectations of teaching through practical, school-based experience.  You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced teachers and other education professionals to develop your knowledge, understanding and skill in the classroom and the wider school environment.