Physical Education with Mathematics
Course Overview
This integrated degree prepares students to become dynamic educators by combining a robust foundation in physical education theory and practice with advanced mathematical studies. The program's core philosophy emphasizes a coaching-based approach to teaching, which is applied and refined through extensive school placements. Graduates are equipped with the skills to inspire a lifelong appreciation for both health and mathematics in their future students.
Key Program Highlights
- Extensive school placement providing real-world, hands-on teaching experience
- Comprehensive PE curriculum covering games, aquatics, gymnastics, and outdoor adventure education
- Advanced Mathematics modules including calculus, differential equations, and abstract algebra
- Innovative 'coaching rather than teaching' methodology for modern educational practice
- Development of essential personal and social skills through practical, engaging coursework
Course Overview
This integrated degree prepares students to become dynamic educators by combining a robust foundation in physical education theory and practice with advanced mathematical studies. The program's core philosophy emphasizes a coaching-based approach to teaching, which is applied and refined through extensive school placements. Graduates are equipped with the skills to inspire a lifelong appreciation for both health and mathematics in their future students.
Key Program Highlights
- Extensive school placement providing real-world, hands-on teaching experience
- Comprehensive PE curriculum covering games, aquatics, gymnastics, and outdoor adventure education
- Advanced Mathematics modules including calculus, differential equations, and abstract algebra
- Innovative 'coaching rather than teaching' methodology for modern educational practice
- Development of essential personal and social skills through practical, engaging coursework
Requirements
Modules
- Mathematical Thinking
- Calculus
- Linear Algebra
- Microteaching and Teaching Preparation
- Teaching HRA in PE
- Irish Education History
- Motor Learning and Development
- Applied Studies in Games, Athletics, and Aesthetic Activities
- Microteaching and Teaching Preparation
- Developmental Psychology and Individual Differences
- Geometry
- Modelling with Differential Equations
- Calculus of Several Variables
- Probability, Descriptive, and Inferential Statistics
- Applied Studies in Aquatics, Adventure Activities, and Aesthetic Activities
- Physical Activity Psychology
- Applied Studies in Games
- Inclusion and Adaptation in PE and Physical Activity
- Programme Decisions, Policy, & Curriculum Models in PE
- Teaching and Assessing JC Maths
- Professional Placement
- Philosophical Perspectives on Education
- Access, Disadvantage, Equality in Education
- Discrete Maths
- Analysis
- Teaching and Assessing Senior Cycle Mathematics
- Abstract Algebra
- Teaching in Online and Blended Environments
- Adventure Activities
- Health and Fitness
- School Research
- Curriculum Development and Evaluation
- Applied Studies in Teaching and Learning PE and Maths
- Professional Placement
