On my course [primary] our university days were made up of:
- Lectures on core issues and professional issues. Eg, teaching and the law, the use of the outdoors, EAL, SEN, etc.
- Lectures on core subjects [English, maths and science].
- Workshops on core subjects [three hours, per week, per subject - English, maths and science].
- Workshops/classes for all the foundation subjects [PE, ICT, RE, DT, art, history, geography, music and MFL].
- MA-level lectures and seminars for the MA modules on the course.
The work for our course was:
- Workbooks with tasks and readings for English, maths and science.
- Specific tasks for foundation subjects. Eg, we had to plan lessons and team-teach for geography, create items using different techniques and materials in art, do group presentations in history etc.
- Essays. One at an undergrad level [reflective] and two 5,000 word MA level essays.
Then you had all the placement based things, including all your planning and assessment files, reflective reports on your lessons etc.