Module Details

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Title UNDERGRADUATE AMBASSADORS PROJECT
Code PHYS396
Coordinator Dr HL Vaughan
Central Teaching Laboratory
H.L.Vaughan@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 6 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

To provide undergraduates with key transferable skills. To provide students with opportunity to learn to communicate physics at different levels. To provide students with work-place experience. To provide students with the opportunity to work with staff in a different environment with different priorities to the University. To provide teaching experience that encourages undergraduates to consider a career in teaching. To supply role models for secondary school students. To provide support and teaching assistance to secondary school teachers. To encourage a new generation of physicists.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Communicate physicseffectively to others

(LO2) Plan a lesson

(LO3) Design a worksheet

(LO4) Evaluate their planning

(LO5) Assess the effectiveness of a session or worksheet that they have designed

(LO6) Manage small groups ofpupils (e.g. to complete an experiment)

(LO7) Prioritise their work

(S1) Communication skills - ability to communicate complex information effectively and concisely by means of written documents, presentations or discussion. ability to use technical language appropriately

(S2) Ethical behaviour - appreciate what constitues unethical scientific and social science behaviour

(S3) Investigative Skills - independent investigation, ability to find information by using textbooks and other available literature, by searching databases and the Internet, and through discussions with colleagues.

(S4) Analytical Skills - ability to grasp complex concepts, to understand and interpret data precisely and to construct logical arguments. Ability distil a problem to its basic elements.

(S5) Research management developing a research strategy, project planning and delivery, risk management, formulating questions, selecting literature, using primary/secondary/diverse sources, collecting & using data, applying research methods, applying ethics

(S6) Information literacy online, finding, interpreting, evaluating, managing and sharing information

(S7) IT skills

(S8) Self-management readiness to accept responsibility (i.e. leadership), flexibility, resilience, self-starting, initiative, integrity, willingness to take risks, appropriate assertiveness, time management, readiness to improve own performance based on feedback/reflective learning


Syllabus

 

This project is an exercise in working within a work-place environment. Specifically within a local school.   The student will work closely with one or more teachers with whom they will meet regularly to discuss their progress and ideas for lessons. The student will design sections of (or entire) lessons on which they will receive feedback from the teacher before and after they have delivered the lesson. The students will spend 1 school day (3-4 hours) per week in school for 8-10 weeks. At the school the studentis expected to progress from observation to assisting in the classroom to delivering in part and full lessons. Aweekly log must be completed.The student will have a seminar (~1 hour) with their supervisor once per week in agroup, and be observed in the classroom by their supervisor.The student will also complete a ‘Special Project’ which can, but is not limited to, be a set of lessons, a set ofworksheets, a website, or oth er which is implemented and evaluated. Outcomes should be evaluated anddiscussed in their presentation and final report. Their Special Project req uires them to develop, implement and evaluate a project with support from their tutor at the weekly meetings and their teacher.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Seminar
Description: Initial training at University led by module leader + weekly seminar on specific topics and project updates
Attendance Recorded: Yes

Teaching Method 2 - Field Work
Description: School Placement
Attendance Recorded: Yes


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours   11

    30

  41
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 109
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Written Report There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :2  ~7,500 words    30       
Perfomance in School Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :2      10       
Reflective Journal There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :2  Student directed (gu    30       
Oral Presentation Assessment Schedule (When) :2  ~20 minutes    30       

Recommended Texts

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