Resource Material for the IT PGCE:
introduction to the 'Strand Session' pages

The Resource Material pages for most curriculum sessions devoted to the teaching and learning of the IT National Curriculum have the same structure. On this page you will find a brief introduction to what you can expect to find under each of the headings in that template. The content of most sections is obvious but that of the 'In the classroom' sections may not be. The width of all these pages is such that, if displayed in Netscape (the Institute's browser), they will fit across an A4 page.


Index    
Introduction    
Learning objectives About this session Products of the session
At the Institute    
Task Timetable Links to other sessions
In the classroom    
Misconceptions Classroom examples Teaching point
National Curriculum DfEE Schemes of work GCSE
Other Resources    
Software links and tutorials Books/Papers  

Introduction

Learning objectives

Every session has learning objectives. These are what it is expected that you will know, understand and be able to do as a result of the session and any follow up activities. It is useful to consider what the evidence would be that you (or other members of the cohort) have achieved these learning objectives.

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About this session

In this part there is a brief introduction to the session.

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Products of the session

If the session involves you making something, then this session will tell you what happens to the products.

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At the Institute

The task

Here there is a description of the task - sometimes this is in .pdf format so that you can download it.

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The timetable

Here you will find the timetable for the session. The times given are meant to be indicative and may well be changed in response to things that happen in a session, for example the cohort working more quickly, or the need to discuss something at greater length than anticipated.

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Links to other sessions

Many sessions link to others. Here you will find links to the curriculum sessions which relate most closely to the current one.

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In the classroom

Misconceptions

The IT National Curriculum is about ideas, not (just) skills. In this section you will find some of the common misconceptions pupils have about ideas related to the current session. Looking at pupils' misconceptions in IT is a new area of study, so what you will find here is neither conclusive nor an exhaustive list.

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Classroom examples

In this section you will find examples of classroom activities and products related to this session. Most of these were produced by previous cohorts of BTs.

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Teaching point

Each session has a 'teaching point' associated with it. This is something about teaching or learning of IT (e.g. an aspect of organisation) that is particularly relevant to either the ideas or the method of organisation of this session and which you need to take account of when planning and teaching lessons.

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The National Curriculum

Here you will find extracts or relevant parts of the IT National Curriculum for Key Stages 3 and 4.

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The DfEE Schemes of Work

Here are links to relevant parts of the DfEE SoW for both KS2 and KS3. It is important to note that the Schemes of Work are (deliberately) not organised by National Curriculum strand and that therefore many of the units could relate to any given session. What I have tried to do is, distribute the units so that if you look at the listed ones for each session as it occurs, you will not meet any one unit often and will meet them all over the course of the curriculum sessions.

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GCSE

In this section you will find indications of how the ideas discussed in the session relate to the teaching of IT at GCSE. It will be based on the Edexcel GCSE course and this is the one most commonly used in partner schools.

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Other Resources

Software Links and Tutorials

Here you will find links to tutorials and other resources for the software used in the session. Often this will link you, not to a place on this page, but to the relevant part of the 'Software Tutorials and Help' index.

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Books/Papers

In this final section you will find listed any books and/or papers that are particularly relevant to the current session - together (where appropriate) with their Institute Library code.

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This page is maintained by Tim Brosnan. Please send any comments to: t.brosnan@ioe.ac.uk
Last updated on 23rd June 2001.