What will I learn on this module?
This module is intended to give students who are either professionals working within education or those who are intending to work in education an opportunity to develop their knowledge of both pedagogy and andragogy. The module will take you on a journey through the ideology that shapes the way in which education is both defined and organised and the theoretical dissonance between theories of learning and formal education. The focus is broad as you are encouraged to consider all aspects of teaching and learning in the statutory, further/higher and lifelong learning sectors.
How will I learn on this module?
The module uses Technology Enhanced Learning as a framework to support and enhance teaching and learning. As a Distance Learning programme, delivery is entirely online via a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Each module is supported by numerous interactive sessions over a period of 10 weeks of learning, leading to an assessment submission week (you will study one module at a time). Session delivery captures a variety of formats acknowledging the nature and content of the individual module and subject, alongside your needs as a student. You will also be required to engage with current research and texts to inform your participation in interactive discussion boards where you will be able to share your thoughts with others and engage in debate. Some sessions are text based, others utilise audio and video tools to deliver the learning materials. All sessions have interactive elements that enable you to enhance your understanding and consolidate your learning, thereby facilitating formative feedback. All modules are supported by online reading lists that provide simplified access to various electronic, digital and hard copy sources. You also can participate in scheduled Blackboard Collaborate sessions in which you will be able to “video-conference” academic tutors and students.
Within the programme there are wide ranging opportunities for you to engage actively in research rich learning through problem solving, project work and real-world examples all of which are informed by current research and practice, as well as reading journal papers that develop your theoretical insight. All of the Level 7 modules that form the programme cover each of the four elements of research-rich learning, but with increasing emphasis on you as a student being an active participant rather than part of an audience, there is a significant application of research-based (enquiry-based) and research-tutored approaches, the former being significantly supported through organisation-oriented summative assessment.
How will I be supported academically on this module?
There are a range of mechanisms to support you academically throughout your Distance Learning study with us. These will include induction and study support interventions, supported electronically, to recognise the different backgrounds of students entering this programme at Level 7.
You will have the support of an academic Programme Leader from the subject discipline who will lead the programme from an academic perspective and will be available to support you in terms of any academic guidance you require. From an individual module perspective, you will be supported academically by the module tutor leading the individual module you are undertaking at any given point in time, alongside the receipt of peer support from your fellow participants on your module, be it through Blackboard Collaborate and/or online discussion boards.
What will I be expected to read on this module?
All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)
What will I be expected to achieve?
Knowledge & Understanding:
1. Critically engage with and reflect upon the different approaches to learning and teaching
2. Explore and evaluate a range of contrasting perspectives about the role of teaching and learning within the educational system.
Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
1. Critically analyse different theoretical frameworks.
2. Critically evaluate approaches, based on current evidence and research.
Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
1. Enhance your communication skills, and independent learning skills through formative assessments and your summative written work.
How will I be assessed?
Formative assessment:
Presentation identifying an aspect of teaching and learning and provide relevant key texts and appropriate reflective models. (15 minutes)
MLOs: KU1, IPSA1, PVA 1
Feedback
Verbal peer and tutor feedback.
Summative Assessment
The summative assessment will be a 2,500-word assignment which reflects and evaluates your chosen focus in relation to teaching and learning practice.
MLOs: KU1-2, IPSA 1-2PVA1
Feedback
Written feedback graded against the criteria and elaborated marking scale.
Pre-requisite(s)
None
Co-requisite(s)
None
Module abstract
N/A
Course info
Credits 20
Level of Study Postgraduate
Mode of Study 2 years Part-Time Distance Learning
Location City Campus, Northumbria University
City Newcastle
Start Upcoming Intakes: July 2024, October 2024
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