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Core Module Information
Module title: Developing as a Critical Educator
SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: EDU11124
Module leader: Stuart Taylor
School Department of Learning, Teaching & Enhancement
Subject area group: Learning and Teaching Enhancement
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added
Description of module content:

In this module you will continue the in-depth development of your knowledge and practice as an educator through critically exploring the module topics. In alignment with AdvanceHE's Professional Standards Framework (PSF 2023), this module will enable you, in collaboration with your peers, to explore in depth the key principles, theories, and concepts relating to learning and teaching in HE. Topics covered include a) learning design, b) curriculum design and development, c) quality assurance and quality enhancement, d) approaches to assessment and feedback. Including a peer observation of practice, this module supports the further development of your pedagogical knowledge and reflective practice through critical engagement with these principles and concepts in relation to your own context in teaching and supporting learning.
Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically engage with processes of quality assurance and enhancement.

LO2: Critically engage with approaches to assessment & feedback with appropriate application in your own context.

LO3: Critically explore principles of learning design, applying them to your own practice.

LO4: Enhance your practice through the critical, reflective, and collaborative processes of reciprocal peer observation and feedback.

LO5: Align your practice to relevant dimensions of PSF descriptor 2.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 2, Blended,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: Blended
Location of delivery: ONLINE
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Stuart Taylor
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Independent Learning Practical classes and workshops 20 In weekly online workshops, you will draw upon the set readings for each topics in practical activities that, supported by the PSF, engage you in critical reflection upon your own practice. Topics include Learning Design, Curriculum Development, Assessment & Feedback, and Quality Assurance & Enhancement. There will be two weekly workshops on each topic (led by DLTE specialists) and related activities, that aid your preparation for the formative and summative assessments.
Online Guided independent study 90 Guided by the activities in workshops, and supported by your peer group and fellow students on the cohort, you will engage in deeper reflection of your own role and development in teaching and supporting learning. Deep engagement with the set reading and feedback from peer activities will enable your completion of the two summative assessments directly related to your development as a critical educator.
Online GROUPIND_STUDY 90 As in module 1, you will continue to work regularly in your peer groups, guided by prompts from the set readings and in workshop activities, which will support your completion of the formative assessments (and, critically reflecting upon these, the summative assessments).
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Report 40 1~2~5 Week 10 , WORDS= 1,500 A report detailing the enhancements of a chosen module, incorporating the peer critique (from formative assessment 1) and reference to relevant literature.
Portfolio 60 3~4~5 Week 12 , WORDS= 2,500 Your Reflective Account will allow you to evidence your developing practice teaching and supporting learning. This includes reflection of your learning from module one (or previous experience of learning/CPD related to practice), your engagement with learning design and learning environments from your participation (as observer and observed) in the peer observation [MLO 3,4, 5], as well as your learning and engagement with the topics of this module. Work towards this assessment will be begun, undertaken, and supported in the weekly workshop webinars.
Component 1 subtotal: 40
Component 2 subtotal: 60
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
EDU11124 Developing as a Critical Educator
 

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