Introduction to Teaching module for undergraduates

THE WINDOW FOR REGISTERING ON THIS MODULE IN EVISION HAS NOW ENDED FOR STUDENTS (20/10/25). YOUR HOME DEPARTMENT CAN STILL REGISTER YOU UNTIL NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR HOME DEPARTMENT WITH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION.

What does this module (15 & 30 CAT) involve?

Teaching

You'll take seven weekly seminars from CTE staff, and seven weekly workshops from expert teachers, starting in Term 2 (week commencing January 12th, 2026). All your work will be supported by a bespoke Moodle course.

• In seminars you'll explore themes like the National Curriculum, the pedagogy of teaching your subject, assessment for learning, and current issues in teaching and education.
• In workshops you'll focus on providing strategies and techniques to support you with your practice in schools, and deal with areas such as dealing with behaviour in class and how to ask plan engaging session.
• The seminars and workshops will be face to face.

Placement

The 30 CAT Module requires teaching interaction with students. There are two possible options available, as follows:

1. A short placement (5-7 days) at a local school. We will arrange the placement after Module registration and will contact you then with further details / questions. The days of attendance for your placement will happen during Term 2. There is flexibility on the days you attend and whether they would be half or full days. An experienced teacher will act as your mentor and they will put together a timetable for you, and support the activities. This is not guaranteed and depends if schools have availability.
2. Engage with creating learning resources for Primary / Secondary students. This provides access to similar experiences and learning outcomes with no travel requirements. There is no engagement with students.

• Any engagement with students means you will need a Disclosures and Barring Services (DBS) check. We will organise and pay for your DBS check. If you have lived in an overseas country in the last five years for a period of six months or more, you will also need to provide us with evidence of good conduct from those countries.

  You can see country-specific information on the DBS website about this and need to do this as soon as possible to avoid delays.

Assessment

You'll be assessed by coursework (see subject-specific guidelines below). You'll need to write in the academic style for the discipline of education. We appreciate that this is a second discipline for the majority of students, and we offer support within seminars for academic writing, along with additional resources on Moodle and in weekly office hours. You'll have the opportunity to submit for feedback and comment before final submission.

Please note - if you have completed any of the Modules previously you cannot take any of the Modules in subsequent cycles.

Please note - important information for DBS and overseas

Identification checklist here:

We will carry out an enhanced DBS check for all students who undertake a face to face placement. The check will be done upon registering for the Module. If you have anything to declare that may be brought up in an enhanced DBS check then please contact us on wins@warwick.ac.uk. All responses are considered Private and Confidential and will be treated as such. If you have lived in an overseas country in the last five years (for a period of six months or more) you will also need to provide us with evidence of good conduct from that country. The application process for obtaining the evidence of good conduct varies from country to country. You can find guidance on applying for overseas checks on gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for- overseas-applicants.

Interested? Register your interest for Introduction to Teaching

We welcome students from the following degree subject areas

Classes will be face to face. All classes are at Westwood Campus.