Topic: PGCE Essay- My role as a facilitator of learning

Details:

I request for a specialist PGCE writer who has written PGCE assignments before as PGCE essay is very specific and only a specialist one can writes such essay. The writer has to be a native UK writer.

It is essential that the writer read ALL instructions as the essay is very specific and needs to be written EXACTLY as per the instructions.

I have also attached a copy of PGCE essay from a student so that the writer has an idea of how the essay needs to be written.

Instructions

• Please see below for general instructions on how to write the essay. Please read ALL guidelines as the essay is very specific and it needs to be written EXACTLY as per the guidelines set

• I am doing a PGCE Maths Secondary education (master level) which entitles me to become a qualified secondary teacher and the essay needs to be written critically with constant references to academic literature (Harvard referencing). It needs to show that I am a reflective teacher practitioner.

• Any bold claims/arguments in the essay need to backed with academic literature

• The essay must be written in simple UK English, with maximum clarity, simple sentences structure. All sentences should have a clear meaning. Avoid using long complex sentences and complex words. Anyone reading the essay should be able to understand all the sentences (this is very important as emphasised by my university)

• In essence the essay should be divided in 3 main sections:
- The 1st section - critically evaluate the purpose of evidence-informed practice in facilitating learning in Maths
- 2nd section - demonstrate my engagement with an aspect of evidence-informed practice by means of my medium and short term planning for my curriculum area (I have attached my medium short term planning will be in my appendix which I will do myself- it will consist of teaching ‘fractions and decimals' to a Year 7 class for 4 weeks) and its impact on learner progress. There should also be a small section of describing medium and short term planning in the essay

- 3rd section - With reference to a specific pedagogical issue which is differentiation, critically evaluate the purpose of evidence-informed practice in facilitating learning. Differentiation is a wide variety of teaching techniques and lesson adaptations that teachers use in classroom to cater for different abilities of students.

All the 3 main sections can have sub sections. I have attached an example of a PGCE essay from a past student as well as the marked essay with feedback from the university, so as to give you an idea of how the essay should be written. Please note that in the essay, the student has chosen a different pedagogical topic to discuss, SEND, whereas I have chosen DIFFERENTIATION.

• For the annotation, I would write it myself as I need to include evidences from my teaching practice. You only need to write the essay.

Assignment: My role as a facilitator of learning

Task:

With reference to a specific pedagogical issue, differentiation, critically evaluate the purpose of evidence-informed practice in facilitating learning. This is to be illustrated by means of your medium and short term curriculum planning. In your response you must make reference to current literature and your approach to classroom practice.

Guidelines: when completing the above task, it is recommended that you address the following:

• critically evaluate the purpose of evidence-informed practice in facilitating learning in your subject

• demonstrate your engagement with an aspect of evidence-informed practice by means of your medium and short term planning for your curriculum area and its impact on learner progress

• in appendices, illustrate how you have engaged with evidence-informed practice and its impact on learner progress with a range of critically annotated evidence from your school experience. Annotated evidence must include: a medium term plan, and three lesson plans and evaluations from your teaching. It may also include other relevant evidence e.g. weekly training meetings and record sheets; lesson observation feedback; examples of pupils' marked work and your record keeping

• it is essential that the annotations are critically evaluative and connect theory to practice, clearly identifying the elements of the evidence that are relevant to the points being made in the essay. It is the quality and relevance of the annotated evidence that is more important than the quantity. Use your professional judgment to make appropriate choices in the selection of evidence.

• The word count for the assignment is as follows: 6000 words, which is made up of a 4500 word essay + annotated evidence in the appendices.

Appendices:
Presentation and Harvard Referencing Guidance (Extract adapted from MA in Education Guidelines for Academic Writing and Conventions)

All coursework submitted must meet the following requirements:

• A Cover Page giving your regnum, module code and the title of the assignment. Do not include your name as marking is anonymous;
• Wide margins (2. 5 cm left and right, top and bottom) to allow for the marker's comments;
• Double-spacing for text;
• Text justified to both sides;
• Standard and simple font (e.g. Helvetica or Arial) using 12 points for the main body of the essay;
• Paginate
• Word count at the end of the essay (this should not include the list of references) - make sure you are within 10% of the recommended number of words required for the particular piece of coursework;
• Referencing which respects academic protocols, using the School of Education, Theology and Leadership's (Harvard System) style;
• List of References - all sources used in your essay must be listed alphabetically (in the recommended style).

1. Content
Coursework must be your own work. However, practitioner research also involves reading, commenting upon and critically analysing relevant academic work. It is expected that, at postgraduate level, you will wish to discuss and analyse ideas from relevant literature. It is conventional to use relevant quotations, paraphrases and ideas from others to support the argument you are building in your essay. The important thing is to acknowledge where you have used other writers' words or ideas by proper referencing. It should be possible for the person marking your work to locate the exact page or paragraph that you have used, whether from a book, journal article, periodical, encyclopaedia or internet website. A quality piece of coursework often contains many references and it is important to use the recommended system for referencing consistently.

2. Academic Referencing
Referencing involves giving details of the author, date, title, place of publication and publisher of the source you are referring to in your essay. The two most important things about referencing are clarity and consistency. The idea of referencing is to provide the reader with all the information necessary to locate the source to which you are referring.

In the School of Education Theology and Leadership, the recommended system is the Harvard System (otherwise known as the Social Scientific Style or Author-Date system). This should be used both for citing sources within your essay and for your reference list.
Anything stated as a fact should be supported by a reference (i.e. evidence). Primary references should be used wherever possible. Direct quotations should only be used when absolutely essential in order to highlight a particularly important issue.

You must copy exactly the wording of the original text. Every direct quotation must be followed by reference to the source you took it from, including the page number(s) where the passage occurred e.g.:

Winter (2007:371) considers that ‘theory in action research is a form of improvising self-realisation, where theoretical resources are not pre-defined in advance, but are drawn in by the process of enquiry'.

If the quotation is less than three lines (as above) then you need to include it in the main body of your writing and mark it with quotation marks (single inverted commas).

If the quotation takes up more than three lines, then indent and single-space the whole quotation. Quotation marks should not be used with this format.

Find a variety of ways of incorporating the authors into the text.

Reference citations in TEXT

If using a direct quotation, include the author's surname in brackets, the year of publication and the page number e.g.
Lichtman (2013:143) asserts ‘......'.

When referring to an author's idea from his/her work and you do not quote directly from the work then the author's surname and publication date will suffice (no need to include a page number) e.g. Lichtman (2013) argues that.........

Full details must then be put in your list of references. If an author has published more than one book or article in the same year, you can distinguish these in your citations and reference list as for example Fullan (2009a) and Fullan (2009b).

You must cite the source of any ideas that are not your own, as well as quotations or paraphrases that you have used.

Whilst reading one source you may wish to quote another source found in it. This secondary source (unless you have seen it yourself) might be referenced as follows: Handy, 2000:27-8 in Mills, 2002:24.

List of References

This should be organised in alphabetical order according to the author's surname. If you are using more than one source from a particular author, list the books/articles in date order. The way the information is presented varies slightly according to the type of source cited.

Referencing the internet/websites

When referencing, follow the Harvard style in your text by giving the author's name and date where known, or if no author is given cite the title of the web page and the date accessed. If the information is not titled, list the site owner.

Some general points about conventions when quoting
• Avoid using ‘and I quote' in the text;
• Do not quote for the sake of it. A quotation should be used to illuminate a point just made or about to be made.
• Avoid quoting in a vacuum. Do not assume a quotation, on its own, will make your point without any further contribution from you. You need to show why you have chosen it and how it illustrates your argument.
• Avoid quoting at great length. Sometimes quoting at length may be justified but usually keep quotations down to a reasonable length.
• Avoid making your quotations mere duplicates of the points they accompany. Use your quotations to comment on them and to draw out issues and extend debate.

Reference list

At the end of any piece of academic work there should be a list of references. This provides the information necessary to identify and retrieve each source. The list should contain only the sources that have been cited in the text and vice versa - all the sources cited in the text should appear in the reference list.

This differs from a bibliography in that a bibliography may include sources for further reading, that have not actually been referred to in the text.

References should be listed in alphabetical order by author's surname, initials, date of publication (in brackets), title (in italics), place of publication and publisher.

No# of Pages:17 pages (4,250 words)

Paper Style:Harvard

No# of Sources Required:15

Attachment:- Assignment.rar