Last modified: 04 Aug 2025 12:16
This course helps educators develop a deeper knowledge of how to support all learners to achieve their best. The course delivers content that supports innovative and inclusive pedagogies such as inclusive practice, trauma-informed practice, playful learning approaches, and digital learning, all through a lens of practitioner enquiry to enhance practice.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This online course will support educators to continue to develop and enhance pedagogies that support an innovative and inclusive learning environment. This course would be helpful for teachers, early years educators and other educators who support the learning of children and young people.
The live online sessions explore different aspects of an innovative and inclusive learning environment through the lens of practitioner enquiry and include inclusive practice, trauma-informed practice, playful learning approaches, and digital pedagogies.
Each session will focus on one area of practice and consider how leadership of learning can be further developed to support educators in meeting the diverse needs of learners.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Individual Portfolio worth 50% of the overall grade - choice of mode of assessment e.g. vignettes, poster, Panopto presentation, or sketch notes. Feedback will be made available on MyAberdeen through in-text comments and feedback on each Learning Outcome, general feedback and next steps. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate approaches to Inclusive Pedagogies and trauma-informed practices in the learning environment, and their role in supporting social justice. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Articulate a critical understanding of theoretical approaches to teacher leadership and the importance of practitioner enquiry. |
| Procedural | Apply | Demonstrate how playful learning experiences/opportunities and digital tools can be used to enhance learning. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
A choice of a 20-minute mini-viva with questions and answers, or a 3000-word essay, worth 50% of the overall grade. Feedback will be in text comments and feedback on each LO, general feedback on the essay/mini-viva and next steps. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate approaches to Inclusive Pedagogies and trauma-informed practices in the learning environment, and their role in supporting social justice. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Articulate a critical understanding of theoretical approaches to teacher leadership and the importance of practitioner enquiry. |
| Procedural | Apply | Demonstrate how playful learning experiences/opportunities and digital tools can be used to enhance learning. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Individual Portfolio - choice of mode of assessment e.g. vignettes, poster, Panopto presentation or sketch notes (Re-sit of a failed component as needed) |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
A choice of a 20-minute mini-viva with questions and answers, or a 3000-word essay (re-sit of failed component as needed). |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Articulate a critical understanding of theoretical approaches to teacher leadership and the importance of practitioner enquiry. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate approaches to Inclusive Pedagogies and trauma-informed practices in the learning environment, and their role in supporting social justice. |
| Procedural | Apply | Demonstrate how playful learning experiences/opportunities and digital tools can be used to enhance learning. |
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