Primary Education (BEd)
Designed to provide the professional preparation for teaching.
This four year Honours programme is designed to provide the professional preparation for teaching children across the 3 -12 years age range.
The following information provides details about the specific courses which make up this degree programme.
Programme structure
Year 1
- Semester 1
- Education 1a, Curriculum and Pedagogy 1a (Health and Well-Being and Mathematic), Curriculum and Pedagogy 1b (Expressive Arts, Language, Social Studies)
- Semester 2
- Education 1b, Curriculum and Pedagogy 1c (Expressive Arts, Languages, Science / Technologies), 5 week Nursery School Placement
Year 2
- Semester 1
- Education 2, Curriculum and Pedagogy 2a (Expressive Arts & Language), Curriculum and Pedagogy 2b (Mathematics, Science/Technologies)
- Semester 2
- Curriculum and Pedagogy 2c (Health & Well-Being, RME), Curriculum and Pedagogy 2d (Expressive Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science), 6 week Early Stages School Placement
Year 3
- Semester 1
- 10 week Middle and Upper Stages School Placement
- Semester 2
- Education 3, Curriculum and Pedagogy 3a (Languages and RME), Curriculum and Pedagogy 3b (Expressive Arts and Mathematics), Curriculum and Pedagogy 3c (Health & Well-Being and Sciences)
Year 4
- Semester 1
- Education 4 and choice of two Options
- Semester 2
- 11 week Choice School Placement
Options
Additional Support for Learning ; Children’s Fiction ; Cognitive and Social Child Development ; Early Childhood: Experiences, Policy and Practice ; Gender and Primary Education ; Global Learning: Citizenship & Sustainability ; Information & Communications Technology ; Learning In and Through Art & Design ; Learning Through Partnership: Home, School & Community ; Modern Language ; Music Culture and Education ; Outdoor Learning & Primary Education ; Personal, Social & Health Education ; Physical Education ; Process Drama in the Primary School ; Religious, Moral & Philosophical Studies ; School Dissaffection - Explanation & Response ; Science, Technology & the Environment ; Scottish History in the Curriculum ; Thematic Teaching through Storyline ; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) ; The Professional and Policy Context of Education.
The above options are those currently accredited by the University, a selection of which is offered each year depending on student demand and staff availability.
In the final year students write a dissertation based on a piece of research undertaken during their final school placement.
Further information
The contact for further information and admissions advice is:
- Stefanie Grierson
- Undergraduate Admissions Office (Education)College of Humanities and Social Science The University of Edinburgh
- David Hume Tower
- George Square
- Edinburgh EH8 9JX
- Work: +44 (0) 131 651 3154
This article was published on May 14, 2013