Course Catalogue

The aims of the LJMU Primary Undergraduate Programme are: - For trainees to achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for the primary phase (5-11) through a programme which encourages a high degree of initiative, resilience, self-motivation, critical self-awareness, reflection and well-developed communication skills; - To provide opportunities for trainees to achieve their full academic potential through an undergraduate award, which encourages a high degree of initiative, creativity, independent judgement, self-motivation, critical self-awareness and self-education - To develop teachers who are highly skilled in planning, teaching and assessment across the full age and ability range and who demonstrate a passion for and commitment to high quality teaching and learning for all pupils - To create a socially engaged curriculum which celebrates diversity and creates inclusive, adaptive practice that ensures equality of opportunity for all learners that enables trainees to fulfil their civic duty - To produce teachers with a wide primary pedagogical and subject specific body of knowledge, who apply educational research to their own practice and who are able to engage in debate and critically analyse current research - For trainees to develop secure knowledge and understanding of the key role literacy and numeracy skills play in children’s life chances - For trainees to develop secure knowledge and understanding of the teaching of reading, writing and oracy including the place of systematic synthetic phonics, to enable pupils to communicate well orally and read and write for purpose and pleasure both across the Primary curriculum and outside of school - For trainees to understand the need for pupils to develop in their spiritual moral social and cultural education and recognise the distinct contribution a broad and balanced and ambitious curriculum plays with providing children with the opportunities to learn about themselves, their community, their values and the wider world - For trainees to use their excellent subject knowledge to foster and maintain pupil interest and success in learning across the curriculum - To provide students with the opportunity to undertake a minimum of 24 weeks of phased work-related experience in three placements spanning the Primary age range, developing their knowledge, understanding and skills of working with children under the guidance of experienced practitioners and in effective communication with parents, colleagues and other agencies - To enable trainees to research, reflect, evaluate, analyse and debate current issues and research in Primary Education. - To develop the collaborative skills required to work with paraprofessionals and multi-agencies to enhance the safeguarding and well-being of all children. - To develop trainees who are key role models managing behaviour through influencing pupils’ resilience and beliefs about their ability to succeed through creating effective learning environments - To develop trainees whose teaching across all subject areas links new ideas to existing knowledge, carefully sequences teaching and explicitly teaching pupils metacognitive strategies and ensures pupils have repeated opportunities to practice - Through providing pastoral support, create teachers who are mentally healthy and desire to remain in the teaching profession through good experiences. - To develop trainees who recognise that effective professional development is sustained through expert support, coaching, collaboration, reflective practice, educational research and professional debate

Lectures, workshops, presentations, individual work-related learning experience, work-related learning activities, Portfolio of Personal Development (PDP),independent learning, group discussions, seminars, tutorials, Canvas resources and activities, and independent research. Essay, written reports, presentations, portfolios of tasks, reflections, planning, Professional development activities and work-related placements.

Placements are integral to this programme. Over the three years of their course students will have a minimum of 24 weeks in school based placements. Assessments of these are not part of the Academic Framework and are based upon the QTS teacher standards for initial teacher training. These 'block school placements' and day visits are supplemented by task related visits within modules. N.B. Where a student requires a further opportunity to undertake a block placement this may have an impact upon student progression. Regulations linked to placement can be found on the ITT Placement website