New to Teaching OCR GCSE PE

Course Code: T0017 £249.00

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This course offers an introduction and overview to teaching the OCR GCSE Physical Education course for anyone in their first years of teaching the course, or for anyone lacking confidence in delivering the course effectively. While assessment materials will be drawn from the OCR course, many of the teaching and learning ideas for the delivery of the theory will be applicable to other specifications.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Provide teachers of OCR GCSE Physical Education the material and confidence to teach effectively to all ability ranges
  • Obtain exceptional understanding of the assessment objectives and how to teach them
  • Gain insight into the content, the exam structure and the how exams are marked.
  • Leave with teaching and learning ideas for multiple topics
  • Understanding of how to differentiate using scaffold and stretch strategies for extended questions
  • Appreciate the requirement for the NonExamined Assessment (NEA)

PROGRAMME

An introduction to the specification

10.00 – 11.00am
  • An overview of the Physical Factors Affecting Performance and Socio-cultural Issues and Sports Psychology units
  • The structure of each unit
  • Introducing the range of question types across the three units
  • Illustrations of resources and strategies to aid learning
 

Morning Break

11.00 – 11.15am

Preparing students for exams

11.15 – 12.30pm
  • Reading the questions and extracting the correct information
  • Exemplar responses for the differing types of questions
  • Common mistakes and pitfalls
  • Marking student work effectively
  • Student self-evaluation
 

Lunch

12.30 – 1.30pm

NEA – the practical component

1.30 – 2.30pm
  • An overview of the practical activity options
  • Assessing the practical activities
  • The importance of off-site video footage
  • The moderation process – how it works
 

Afternoon break

2.30 – 2.45pm

NEA – the written assessment

2.45 – 3.45pm
  • An overview of the AEP written coursework assessment
  • Assessing the AEP
  • Extracts from an exemplar AEP
  • Effective programming and preparation for the NEA – Ensuring your students are read
GCSE - Code: T0017

New to Teaching OCR GCSE PE

COURSE LEADER

Will Swaithes is Senior Lecturer in Physical Education, Birmingham City University and Education Director at PEScholar, he has over 20 years’ experience in education with previous roles including Advanced Skills Teacher, Specialist Leader in Education, Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning and Head of PE and Achievement for the Youth Sport Trust. He has a Masters in Educational Leadership; continues to do considerable work for YST; contributes to the PGCE PE programmes at Loughborough University, University of Buckingham and runs the Secondary PE PGCE course at Birmingham City University along with guest lectures for a number of other ITT providers; leads the Head of PE network for two Nottinghamshire Teaching School Alliances; and also does a variety of other consultancy work. Will has a strong track record of authoring/ delivering training and has also published an OCR GCSE PE textbook.

 

 

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