Course-Related Tasks

We strongly encourage you to complete these self-study tasks, which are designed to introduce you to key aspects of educational practice, to prepare you for your first year in the teaching profession and support your professional development.

Secondary Professional Year Pre-Course Tasks – all students

Please complete these course-level specific pre-course tasks for all subject routes.

Subject-specific / route level-specific pre-course tasks

Please also complete the relevant subject tasks below:

Art and Design

• Please complete your pre-course art and design tasks
• Fill in this Subject audit form

English

• Please complete your pre-course English reading

Geography

• Please complete you pre-course Geography task
• Fill in this Subject Knowledge Development plan
• Read the article: ‘Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in geographical education – for whom and for what purpose?’ Written by Chew-Hung Chang & Gillian Kidman
• Read the article: ‘Geography and powerful knowledge: a contribution to the debate’. Written by Alaric Maude

History

• Please complete you pre-course History task
• Read ‘The purposes of history teaching’ written by Harris Burn Woolley
• Read the article: ‘Unnatural and essential: the nature of historical thinking’. By Sam Wineburg.

Maths

• Please complete your pre-course maths task

PE

• Please complete your pre-course PE tasks
• Complete this full reading list
• Read: ‘Teaching Physical Education: Contemporary Issues for Teachers, Educators and Students, Part 1 – Micro-Political Issues in Physical Education’. By Gary Stidder
• Read the article: ‘Evaluating the ‘A’ List in Physical Education Intitial Teacher Training. Written by Gary Stidder.
• Read the article: ‘Assessing the value of alternative physical activities in the secondary school physical education curriculum’. written by Gary Stidder
• Read the article: ‘The Case for physical education becoming a core subject in the national curriculum’. Written by Jo Harris.
• Read the article ‘Physical Education, Pedagogy and Participation in secondary schools during pandemic times’ written by Gary Stidder.
• Read the article: ‘Preparing to Teach that first lesson in School’. Written by Georgi Riddler, Georgia Selby, Amy Spencer, Matthew Wagstaff, Victoria Way and Gary D. Kinchin.
• Read: ‘Becoming a Physical Education Teacher, Chapter 9 – Being a reflective physical education teacher’. By Gary Stidder.

Science

• Please complete your pre-course Science tasks.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Essentials Training

Welcome to the University of Brighton’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Essentials Training!

Once you have successfully enrolled online on University, we would like you to access and complete the Tier 1 EDI Essentials training.

We recommend working through the training resources in order and taking regular screen breaks between sections. There are several “Pause for Thought” sections in the training resources and you may want to go through one section and then take some time to process and reflect on the information. Having a pen and paper or using a mobile device to take notes may also be helpful. Please bear in mind that the topics covered here are complex and sometimes disputed, and the content is not exhaustive.

At the end of the Tier, you can complete a short quiz to test your knowledge and understanding of the resources. You will be able to download a certificate if you get 70% or above!

We will be following-up this activity during Welcome Week and in some of your modules, so please do put some time aside to complete this important activity.

Fundamental English and Mathematics

In September 2019, the DfE confirmed that applicants to teacher training programmes would no longer need to pass the skills tests as a requirement of entry. Under this new approach, Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers are expected to assure English and mathematics knowledge of a trainee before Qualified Teacher Status is awarded at the end of the course.

Please read further information about fundamental English and Mathematics and how you will be assessed.