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ED2555: LEARNING AND TEACHING IN AND THROUGH THE CURRICULUM (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

ED2555 Learning and Teaching in and through the Curriculum

 

Through academic and field investigations, this course seeks to enhance knowledge and understanding of learning and teaching through a study of curriculum, exploring the current context of curricular change. Students will broaden their knowledge of educational systems, professional responsibilities and the implications for teaching and learning in the 21st century. Professional skills of communication, evaluation, critical enquiry and reflection will be further developed within a range of learning contexts. Using collaborative enquiry, students will be encouraged to challenge personally held assumptions and values about effective learning and teaching.

 

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mrs Jacqueline Stewart

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course continues to deepen knowledge and understanding of the learning and teaching process with an exploration of the concept of curriculum and its relationship to the effectiveness of that process. Set in a national context of curricular change, the historical, philosophical and political contexts for legislation and policy development will form a focus for critical reflection.

Working in communities of enquiry, students will study aspects of curriculum in depth, making connections to principles of assessment for learning, and theories of involvement and engagement, as indicators of quality learning and teaching. In collaboration with field professionals students will draw on their expanding repertoire of effective learning and teaching strategies and evaluate their application of these in practice.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: Evaluation of Fieldwork Experience (20%); Written Assignment 1 (30%); Written Assignment 2 (50%)

Resit: Written Assignment 1 (30%); Written Assignment 2 (50%).

Formative Assessment

Formative Assessment opportunities are provided by tutors giving students feedback on their personal and professional development targets which they set at the outset of the course in relation to SITE and their Year 1 experiences. Formative Assessment is also undertaken when the students have the opportunity to demonstrate their progress.

Feedback

Feedback is provided by oral and written means for formative feedback and written tutor report for summative feedback.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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