Developing your capability to teach Computing - A Practical Guide to Teaching Computing and ICT in the Secondary School - page 22

The National Curriculum Programme of Study for Computing and examination
syllabus in IT/Computer Science/Computing (available on the Examination Board
websites) are essential reference documents for completion of this section. A good
A-level text book will also help.

1 Pure subject knowledge, skills and understanding : firstly, complete the

following subject knowledge, skills and understanding audit, identifying in
the 'pure subject knowledge, skills and understanding' section:
• Where pure subject knowledge, skills and understanding have been
gained: e.g. degree study (name module); A-level study; work experience;
personal research and purpose of research; e.g. in order to teach a topic/
course; other
• Leave blank those topics which you have no evidence for or do not
understand.

2 Pedagogical knowledge, skills and understanding: later in the course you

will update the audit, showing how you use your subject and pedagogical
knowledge, skills & understanding in the classroom, evidenced through
your teaching practice in your assessment and teaching files. This is done in
the 'pedagogical subject knowledge, skills and understanding' section.

What is taught in the classroom is governed by the National Curriculum programmes
of study, and post-16 course requirements. To gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
trainees must demonstrate their understanding of the Computing curriculum and
its assessment procedures. To assess effectively you must understand how pupils
learn the subject. You must have experience of the range of planning, teaching and
assessment strategies across the secondary age and ability range, including some
post-16.

The evidence for pedagogical knowledge, skills and understanding will be found
in your assessment and teaching files, and will be a key aspect of the assessment of
the course e.g. examples of effective planning of sequences of lessons; development
of medium term plans/units of work; evidence of good teaching; testimonials,
and examples of pupils' work. Evidence should be available for scrutiny and
referenced, but not attached to the audit document.

GRADING
Please grade each of the activities below using the following scale:

1 I have good evidence that I can teach this effectively (you MUST have

strong evidence from observation of your teaching to get a grade 1) .

2 I know a lot about this area and I feel fairly secure about teaching it,

given pedagogical support and revision/preparation.

3 I know about this area and could teach it given a lot of pedagogical support

and revision/preparation, but am insecure at the moment.

4 I have no knowledge of this area and am not confident at all.