The course offers the content and processes required for novice teachers to develop into professional educators who have a broad and critical understanding of professional practice that is under-pinned by rigorous academic study. The programme addresses such issues as: Being a professional; the structures and contexts of state education; Learning about teaching; Behaviour for Learning; Using data and assessment information; Recording and reporting pupil achievement; the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning; Teachers’ pastoral roles and the multitude of issues associated with inclusion.