There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

This module extends further your development as a skilled, reflective practitioner in teaching and/or supporting learning in higher education, in alignment with Advance-HE's Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023). It supports your ongoing practice and development as a pedagogical scholar and education communicator. The module explores what it means to engage with and contribute to pedagogical scholarship and introduces you to the breadth of methodologies available to you as a practice-based educational researcher. You will also explore and critically engage with a range of key topics, including (but not limited to), a) the broader, global contexts in which higher education operates including internationalisation of HE, b) equality, diversity and inclusion, c) widening participation, d) ethical teaching, e) student wellbeing and belonging, f) scholarship of teaching and learning, and g) the key debates, initiatives and policies influencing learning and teaching. Additionally, you will be introduced to other topics as introduced by your peers through their scholarship work.This module runs across just over 1.5 trimester, starting in Tr3 and completing in week 10 of Tr1. This allows for extra time to implement learning from your PgCert in your practice and reflect on the outcomes for your final summative dialogue.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically engage in designing an investigation into your own teaching practice, identifying appropriate areas of enquiry.

LO2: Demonstrate appropriate knowledge and understanding of pedagogical research methodologies relevant to your practitioner enquiry project.

LO3: Exemplify critical knowledge and understanding of the contexts HE is situated within and key debates.

LO4: Demonstrate alignment of your practice to PSF descriptor 2.