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Q14 Have a secure knowledge and understanding of their subjects/curriculum areas and related pedagogy

Q14 Have a secure knowledge and understanding of their subjects/curriculum areas and related pedagogy to enable them to teach effectively across the age and ability range for which they are trained.

The TDA has further guidance on this QTS standard. Number of resources (397)


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Religious Education in English Schools: Non Statutory Guidance DCSF (2010)
This document offers clear guidance on the planning and delivery of Religious Education to take account of new social imperatives and curriculum change.
09.09.10
Article published to Multiverse
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Music-ITE: Approaches to Listening, Appraising and Responding
In this resource on the Music-ITE website, Gary Spruce considers what is meant by the terms ‘listening’, ‘appraising’ and ‘responding’, and explores the strengths and limitations of traditional approaches to listening and appraising. Also, a range of approaches to supporting pupils’ development as listeners and appraisers is explored, and ways of supporting student teachers in planning for a...
19.06.10
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Effective Programs in Middle and High School Mathematics: A Best-Evidence Synthesis
This is a paper which summarises research on achievement outcomes of mathematics programs in US middle and high schools. The review only considered studies which fulfilled certain criteria for inclusion. Broadly, the studies had to be of 12 weeks or more duration and involve a randomised or matched control group. The paper categorises the research in terms of three types of program; those which...
18.06.10
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Sci-tutors: Sustainable Development and Citizenship
Sustainable development and citizenship are two educational dimensions to which science has much to contribute. This article from the Sci-tutors website provides guidance in both statutory and non-statutory aspects for provision in primary and secondary schools.
05.06.10
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Music-ITE: Teaching Music in Cross-Curricular Contexts
This resource on the Music-ITE website is an attempt to begin the process of clarification as to what cross-curricular learning might look like in the context of primary music, post-Rose review.
30.05.10
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Sci-tutors: Materials and their Properties: Patterns of Behaviour
This unit on the Sci-tutors website extends the ideas covered in the first two ‘materials' units and is specifically aimed for teachers engaged with teaching chemistry at KS5 (A-level) although there is relevance at KS4 too (as well as for teachers' personal knowledge development). The introduction touches upon the natures of science and then focuses upon the patterns of ideas involved in...
22.05.10
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Music-ITE: Using a composing workshop as an opportunity to explore pedagogy
'Understanding music through composing' was a workshop run for trainee music teachers and music subject mentors at Birmingham City University on 29th January 2009. As shown on the Music-ITE website, the aim of this workshop was: To identify pedagogy that will help young people to think creatively through music and to understand how composers think. The workshop was based on the findings from a...
16.05.10
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Teachers TV History Week
Teachers TV has a week of programmes (w/c 3 May) of history lesson starters, ideas and documentaries. Featured programmes include the series 'The Witness', which looks at some of the key moments of the 20th century as seen by the ordinary people who were there.
03.05.10
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Exploring the Solar System
The BBC has archived sections from its TV programmes about the solar system and embedded them in this truly magnificent website. The site is arranged over seven sets of topics (sun and planets (9 topics); moons (19); other bodies (5); ‘highlights’ (8); space missions (37); astronauts (8); scientists (10)). Each of these 'sets' has its own page with hot links to the individual topics and a brief...
26.04.10
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Music-ITE: Considering ‘Making more of music: An evaluation of music in schools 2005/08’ – a resource for teacher educators in music
This resource on the Music-ITE website examines some of the issues raised in the Ofsted report through key questions and tasks. Some of the key questions and tasks are supported by video of a discussion which took place at Leicester University on June 28th 2009 between a group of teacher educators in music.
25.04.10
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Sci-tutors: Materials and their Properties: Classifying Materials
This unit on the Sci-tutors website explores the applications and implications of the ‘particulate theory of matter’ including both the kinetic theory of matter and the ways in which atoms of various elements can link together to form ‘substances’, be they elements, compounds or mixtures.
24.04.10
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Teachers TV English Week
Teachers TV has a week of programmes (w/c 19 April) highlighting English teaching and learning. To coincide with the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth and death, both of which were on April 23rd, in 1564 and 1616, these include a number of Shakespeare related videos.
19.04.10
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Music-ITE: Using Music Technology in Performance
This resource on the Music-ITE website shows a group of PGCE students from the University of Cumbria explore using simple music technology devices in small group composition and performance for mixed ensembles. This is followed by some thoughts and reflections on the place of music technology in classroom music making, and a discussion of some of the advantages and disadvantages.
17.04.10
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Music-ITE: A critical review of the Behaviour4Learning website from a musical perspective
This resource on the Music-ITE website examines the potential for the B4L model to analyse what learning behaviours look like in the music classroom. It also critically reviews the music specific resources found on the website.
10.04.10
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Language Learning at Key Stage 3: The impact of the Key Stage 3 Modern Foreign Language Framework and Changes to the Curriculum on Provision and Practice
This resource is a report on a two year study into language learning at Key Stage 3 in England, carried out at Cambridge University at the behest of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The study was commissioned to investigate both provision and practice, and was to look particularly at the impact of the Key Stage 3 Framework for Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) and other...
09.04.10
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Sci-tutors: Scientific Enquiry: Ideas and Evidence
This article on the Sci-tutors website explores the conceptual barriers to understanding the nature of science or 'how science works'. In general many scientists and science educators do not have a clearly articulated view on the subject and it remains a disputed field. It seems clear that 'doing science' is an activity that all humans engage in to some extent and that it requires curiosity,...
04.04.10
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Music-ITE: The role of talk in the music classroom: a resource for teacher education
This resource on the Music-ITE website suggests that while all discussion is a valuable part of learning in lessons, the quality of pupil responses are also important. Carefully steered, the teacher could develop pupils' critical thinking skills and prevent pupils in giving stereotypical answers which they think the teacher wants to hear!
27.03.10
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Music-ITE: Composing in the Primary Classroom – Supporting Primary Generalist Trainees
This resource on the Music-ITE website attempts to identify some of the generic process involved in classroom compositions. Far from aiming to offer a series of specific tasks, it sets out to identify generic starting points from which student teachers can identify personalised tasks. The resource offers some examples of activities and there is support for discussion and reflection throughout.
20.03.10
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Teachers TV Science and Engineering Week
During National Science and Engineering Week 2010 (w/c 15 March), Teachers TV is showing a week of programmes showing innovative practice in the teaching and learning of science including a new series featuring a whole range of science lesson ideas for primary teachers; a brand new 3-part series on urban engineering, and a whole range of new science programmes for use in primary and secondary...
14.03.10
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Analysis of factors influencing the contribution of talk to learning during collaborative group work in science
This is a paper presented at the 2009 BERA Conference. The report considers the factors that affect pupil contributions during collaborative work in science. It reviews approaches to analysing the cognitive demand of talk in groups, the rules and roles in group talk and the nature of group tasks. The paper presents evidence from primary school classrooms to show their possible impact on cognitive...
12.03.10
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