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Welcome back to Education Studies
Welcome back to Education Studies
Staff changes
• Julia Paulson is now a Programme Leader and International Award and Education Studies Award Leader (replacing Peter Jones)
• Catherine Simon is now a Programme Leader and the Education Specialised Award Leader (replacing Laura Green as PL – Laura continues to be the Youth and Community Award leader)
• Janet Rose remains as a Programme Leader and the Early Years Education Award Leader
• Alan Howe is now Head of Department
Department of Education and Childhood Studies - we research, publish and present around the world:
Davies, D., Howe, A., Collier, C., Digby, R., Earle, S. and McMahon, K. (2014) Teaching Science and Technology in the Early Years (3-7): second edition. London: Routledge. Earle, S. (2014) Formative and summative assessment of science in English primary schools: evidence from the Primary Science Quality Mark, Research in Science and Technological Education, 32(2): 216-228.
Gilbert, L., Rose, J. and McGuire-Sniekus, R. (2014) ‘Promoting children’s well-being and sustainable citizenship through emotion coaching’ in Thomas, M. (ed) A Child’s World: Working together for a better future. Aberystwyth Press Rose, J., Gilbert, L., Fuller, M. and Palmer, S. (2014) ‘Early Childhood Education for Sustainability in the UK: Generating professional capital’ in Davis, J. and Elliott, S. (eds) Early Childhood Education for Sustainability. London: Routledge Rogers, S. & Rose (2014) ‘Creating firm foundations’ in Arthur, J. and Cremin, T. (eds) (3rd ed) Learning to Teach in the Primary School, Routledge: LondonBianchi, J. (2014) ‘Empowerment and Creative Participation: Extending Individual and Community Participation through Interactive arts and Environmental Projects within a Special School Context’, Asian International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, Osaka, Japan, 3-6 April. Davies, D. (2014) Teacher Assessment in Primary Science (TAPS), or Schrodinger’s Cat and the assessment paradox, Association of Tutors in Science Education (ATSE)/National Advisers and Inspectors Group for Science (NAIGS) Annual Conference, Hatfield, 3-4 July. Davies, D. (2014) Assessment in Science, or Schrodinger’s Cat and the assessment paradox, keynote presentation at Talking, Thinking and Doing Science, Oxford Brookes University, 20 June. Downes, G. & Brown, S. (2014). ‘Community, Social Justice and Neoliberalism: Alternative Discourses of The Free School Model’ International Journal of Arts and Sciences Paris Conference. FIAP Conference Center, Paris, 3rd April 2014. Simon, C. (forthcoming) Two heads are better than one: system leadership critiqued. Journal of School Leadership Management and Administration. Liu, Y. (2014) World Congress of Sociology, 13 July -19 July, 2014. Yokohoma, Japan Parker, R. (2014) Attachment awareness in schools – a model in partnership working or a sell-out? The 10th Annual Conference of the British Education Studies Association (BESA), 26 – 27 June 2014, University of Glasgow. Ruggiero, D. (2014) Alphabet Soup: Design and Development of a Short Form Game, Foundations of Digital Games 2014, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 3-7.
What our External Examiners and the NSS said about us
“The course provided at Bath Spa is one that has real academic rigour and is one that puts the student at the heart of all that the course tutors do” (EE)
“Creative assessment strategy that enables students to develop practical and professional skills” (EE)
Stepping up to year two
• Check your timetable• Act on feedback from year one • email [email protected] to arrange collection of
assignments• Assessment counts 40 % towards your degree
classification (highest 100 credits)• Be aware of all module assessment dates• Reading week w/b 16th February• Start thinking about your dissertation for year 3
What’s New?
1. New guidance in Handbooks:
• Each module Handbook will now contain guidance on various important issues• E.g. Guidance on email contact (within 3 working days etc)• E.g. Guidance on absence from lectures (email to tutor etc)• E.g. Referencing links - http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/library/writing-and-learning-centre• E.g. Tutorial support (what to expect, when and how etc)
2. New process for assignment submission (see next slide):
• This year you will need to copy and paste the ARF form into the start of your assignment before uploading it to Turnitin
• All feedback will be online where feasible• The ARF form will be completed online by your tutor
ARF
All students to include ARF as front page of assignment in Turnitin
All tutors to complete ARF electronically via Turnitin
ED5001 Issues in Education/Placements• You must have a valid DBS certificate. Bring this to your Ed5001
seminar. Contact Rose Senior [email protected] tel:+44 (0)1225 875609
• For those on Specialised Awards and others wishing to engage in a school (Primary/early years placement) these will be managed by the SoE Partnership Office MH 207
• You will be provided with a link to the placement form on Minerva in your seminar – All students must complete this
• Non specialised award students may take their placement in an informal education (non-school) setting
• Workshops to offer support in finding alternative placement are to be held w/b 6th October
• Deadline for placement forms is Friday 10th October. Students missing this deadline will be placed in a Primary School
• Note: ED5008 – Marion will provide you with placement information
Greater emphasis on independent study – but you are not alone!
• There is plenty of academic support about (ask in the Learning and Writing Centre in the library
• Contact your tutor if needed• Take opportunities for tutorials within modules,
including feedback tutorials• Make use of e-mail and check your messages
Level 4 Level 5
Able to analyse the questionGive a clear indication of how it will be answeredInclude appropriate contentDevelop a line of argument, make a caseUse support from further reading (at least 6 appropriate sources)Reach an appropriate conclusionUse correct referencing procedure and accurate use of English
As for Level 4 plus the following…
Engage with different lines of argument
Evaluate different cases
Develop a critical approach
Use trustworthy sources
Write in an appropriate academic style
• 2 hours per week per 20 credit module formal teaching time (total 52 hours)
• 5 hours per week per 20 credit module independent study (total 148 hours)
• How many total hours per 20 credit module?
• See table page 5 modular guide • http://
www2.bathspa.ac.uk/services/student-services/current-students/your-course/guide-for-students-course-of-study/guide-to-the-modular-scheme-2013-2014.pdf
How much time?
Student Academic Reps - StARs - Education Representativeshttp://www.bathspasu.co.uk/voice/
http://www.bathspasu.co.uk/voice/stars/• Who are they?
• Why do we need Award specific Representatives?
• What do they do?
• How much time will it take up?
• Why should I do it?
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