| CODE | TEV5004 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Introductory Industry-field Placement for Teachers of Vocational Education (Year 1) | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Learners will be required to conduct a 100-hour industry field placement observing and working alongside professional staff in a work-place environment related to their teaching-subject area. This work placement will be facilitated by the faculty, and will be determined upon consultation with the host companies. Learners will be required to identify technical competences relevant to their subject area as a means of enhancing their subject area knowledge. Classroom and project work will be coordinated with the hosting companies. Advance meetings for the work placement relationship will have begun during the second term, so that the student will be able to gain a positive contribution during their placement. Study-Unit Aims: The objective of the work placement is to provide the learners with a real-life, practical experience in the workplace. This kind of experience is invaluable – it tests skills, proves competency, and gives an opportunity to observe and receive feedback and supervision. Work placement experience will allow the learners to acquire a solid understanding of work-based processes and be able to apply these within a pedagogical implementation. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply teaching pedagogies through the work-based exposure; - start identifying work-related technical competences and applying these within secondary school learning context; - demonstrate basic knowledge application to contextualize industry work-based experience when teaching a vocational subject-area. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - develop the capacity to demonstrate an understanding of the basic industrial processes and relate these to their own pedagogical methods; - demonstrate reflective practices on their work-based experience in a coherent manner; - consolidate the basic concepts of applied work-based learning pedagogies into their teaching methods. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Baird, B. and Carlberg, C. (2004) The Internship, Practicum, and Field Placement. London: Handbook Prentice Hall; - Lucas, B., Spencer, E., & Claxton, G., (2012) How to teach vocational education: A theory of vocational pedagogy. University of Winchester in collaboration with City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development; - Illeris, K., (Ed), (2009) Contemporary Theories of Learning – Learning theorists … in their own words. London & New York; - Schon, D.A., The Reflective Practitioner – How Professional Think in Action, Basic Books, USA. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Fieldwork, Grp Learning, Indep Study and Lectures | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Therese Camilleri |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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