Education - Educational Studies

CR5025 - Learning Teaching and Assessing

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

Core course 1: Self-Evaluation & Professional Development

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course gives participants the opportunity to examine, in a critical and reflective manner, the knowledge, skills and understandings they have established of learning, teaching and assessing, making reference to relevant reading. They will plan, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a new approach or approaches chosen by them to enhance learning. In implementing these new approaches, participants will demonstrate their enthusiasm and capacity to motivate learners, creating a positive climate for learning.

Structure

Regular support at a distance including 2 hours of tutor input per student.

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED502A - Powerful Literacies

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Aileen Ackland

Pre-requisites

None

Overview

Histories of Literacies
Technologies of Literacies
Shifting discourses and definitions of Literacies
The nature of literacy, language and information in contemporary communities
The socio-cultural implications of this changing communication and information landscape
Contemporary professional discourse
Critical Discourse Analysis
The politics of writing
Multimodal texts
Power, structure and agency in relation to literacies
Contributing to change in policy and practice in Adult Literacies education with discursive practices

Structure

E-learning: this will include a mix of individual online study, facilitated synchronous and asynchronous communication and collaboration to a maximum of 40 hours.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words in a multi-modal text. Assessment will be criterion-based. Assessments will be graded using the University's CAS scale.

Resit: Participants may resubmit the complete product, with changes to those parts or aspects previously deemed unsatisfactory.

ED503A - Developing Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Elaine Cowan

Pre-requisites

Only available to students who have already completed Preparing for Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools

Notes

Students must be fully qualified, registered with the GTCS and suitable experienced secondary teachers. They should already have completed a period of observation across the stages and curriculum in a primary environment.

Overview

Further exploration of supporting learners and learning in the primary school
Deepening understanding of learning through the Primary/Secondary Curriculum
Developing Inclusive Practice
Creating an inclusive learning environment
Current issues in Scottish Education
Continuing Professional Development: Probation and Beyond

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of virtual lectures, workshops and online collaborative learning providing 40 hours of contact.

Assessment

1st attempt: One summative assessment in-course paper of 6000-8000 words "Inclusion in the Primary Classroom"

Resit: One resubmission of the above paper

ED503B - Preparing for Learning and Teaching in Primary Schools

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Elaine Cowan

Pre-requisites

None

Notes

Students must be fully qualified, registered with the GTCS and suitably experienced secondary teachers. They should already have completed a period of observation across the stages and curriculum in a primary environment.

Overview

How Students Learn
How Children Learn
Legislative Frameworks for Scottish Education (including Social Justice and Child Protection)
Exploring Difference
An Inclusive Approach to Supporting Learning
Assessment for and of Learning
Scottish Curricula
Exploring learning through the 3-18 curriculum
The Reflective Practitioner

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of virtual lectures, workshops and online collaborative learning providing 40 hours contact.

Assessment

1st attempt: One summative assessment in-course paper of 6000-8000 words of "How Children Learn and How We Know They Are Learning with reference to the primary classroom"

Resit: One resubmission of the above paper

ED504A - Introducing Leadership

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Anne Halsall

Pre-requisites

None

Overview

The current context for leadership studies
Outline of the main theoretical approaches to leadership and followership
Leadership in educational settings - survey of research findings
Leadership and organizational culture - the effect of context
Some practical applications of leadership models (with particular reference to notions of 'distributed leadership'
Reviewing leadership experience critically

Structure

Participants will complete four on-line units of study covering the major elements listed above. They will be expected to undertake guided reading for each unit, to extend this reading by their own investigation of a related topic and then to contribute to a discussion forum exploring the issues raised.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment an assignment of 3000-4000 words on a relevant topic.

Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the assignment, revised after feedback on the original.

ED5064 - Working Together

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Karen McArdle

Pre-requisites

For participant working on the Chartered Teacher programme, Core Course 1: Self Evaluation.
For other participants there are no pre-requisites

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course gives participants the opportunity to examine, in a critical and reflective manner, the knowledge skills and understandings related to the following:

• The knowledge, practice and value base of different professions and professionals;

• Partnership and collaboration;

• Working as a team;

• Working in partnership with children, parents and families;

• Group dynamics;

• Interpersonal skills

Structure

For Face-to-Face = 10 one hour lecture, 4 two hour seminars and 1 one hour tutorial
For Distance Learning = regular support at a distance including two hours of tutor input per student

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED50AA - Using ICT to Empower the Professional Practice

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Terry Allan

Pre-requisites

The course entitled “ICT: Opportunities for Professional Empowerment”

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Through an experiental and practical process this course addresses and examines the value of communication, collaboration and co-operation in participant centred applications and situations and their potential impact on professional practice. Developing personal and group use of readily available Internet-based software and technologies will be central to the work of the course with applications and exemplification taken from business, commerce, industry, education, medicine, the caring professions and from situations which might be regarded as purely leisure pursuits. As far as possible group work applications will be matched to participants’ academic programmes and career aspirations.

Structure

3 one hour lectures (1 per week for first 3 weeks). 12 one hour participant lead group activities. (~1 per week). 8 two hour workshop activities (~1 per week). 3 three hour BarCamp/unconference events (weeks 4, 6, 8) (Total 40 hours).

Assessment

1st attempt: Formative and peer assessment will be key features of the course, reflecting its collaborative and cooperative work focus. For summative assessment purposes two assignments will be set. Firstly, Participants will submit an online portfolio of evidence to illustrate that learning outcomes have been attained. This will include links to personal contributions to online course-based activities (70%) and will provide a focus for formative peer evaluation. Secondly, participants will submit a reflective commentary on their new learning and its significance for their development and extended professionalism (30%). In total the assessments will be the equivalent of 6000-8000 words in length, taking account of different reporting formats.
Resit: Resubmission of portfolio and interview.

ED50AB - Personal Effectiveness in Educational Studies

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Students will attend a series of lectures and practical workshops including:
Postgraduate Study: Expectations and Requirements
Making use of the Library and Online Learning
Undertaking a Literature Search and Review
Study Skills and Strategies and Sources of Support
Academic Writing: Thinking Reflectively and Writing Critically

Structure

Six one hour lectures and associated one and a half hour practical workshops; three one hour small group tutorials and one two hour Library visit.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3000 words taking account of different reporting formats. The assignment will require students to reflect critically on past learning and professional experience and the demands of the programme and set out an appropriate individual learning plan. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AC - Educational issues & the Global Society

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Douglas Hay

Pre-requisites

personal Effectiveness in Educational Studies

Overview

Students will attend a series of lectures and practical workshops including:

Globalization and the Challenge for Educators
Responding to Change; current initiatives and approaches (3 units)
Educational Approaches and Issues; shaping change in practice settins
Exploring Issues and Applications in Practice.

Structure

Six one hour lectures and associated one and a half hour practical workshops; three one hour small group tutorials and one two hour presentation seminar.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Participants will be required to submity for summatice assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3000 words taking account of difference reporting formats. The assignment will require students to review and reflect critically on two educational issues or approaches of their choice and discuss critically opportunities and challenges these raise in their won practice settings. Assessment will be criteria-based.

Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of indentified inadequacies inthe original.

ED50AD - Enhanced Practice in Teaching & Learning

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Students will attend a series of lectures and practical workshops including:
• Theory into Practice: the Challenge for Educators
• Responding to Change: current theories and approaches (6 units)
• Educational Theory: Introduction to the online theory tours
• Educational Theories and their Application: delivering change in practice settings
• Exploring Theories and Applications for practice.

The theories and approaches selected will be chosen in response to the interests and experience of the participants, but the following are illustrative and indicative: Constructivism; Assessment is for Learning; The Critical Skills Programme; Teaching for Understanding; Learning Styles and Differences; Problem-based Learning; Collaborative Learning; Motivation and ICT and Learning.

Structure

Ten one hour lectures and associated one and a half hour practical workshops; six one hour small group tutorials; three online guided study theory tours and one two hour review seminar.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment:
1 assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. The assignment will require students to review and reflect critically on two educational theories or approaches of their choice and discuss critically opportunities and challenges these issues raise in their own practice settings. Assessment will be criteria-based. This will account for 50% of the assessment. 1 two hour written examination. This will account for 50% of the assessment.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed by the report, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original and 1 opportunity to resit the two hour written examination.

ED50AE - Exploring Leadership

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

Successful completion of SEPD module, Chartered Teacher programme (CT programme participants only)

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

 Leadership as an organisational quality
 Dimensions of leadership
 Experiencing leadership
 Exploring values, aims and leadership abilities
 Evaluating leadership in context

Structure

Participants will complete three on line units which aim to explore leadership theory and current research and literature in the field. They will then take part in a three day residential experience, designed and delivered by Actaexperientia, which will allow them to explore leadership in a group context while working through group and individual activities. These activities will be linked to the theories and concepts introduced on line. This will be followed by a one day recall session. Total teaching time will amount to 40 hours.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words. Assessment will be criterion-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of feedback to the original.

ED50AF - Professional Enquiry & Development

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Karen McArdle

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Study opportunities will be organised into a number of units including:
• Self evaluation and professional development
• Exploring the relationships between policy, practice and research;
• Examining professional development within the current context of professionalism;
• Understanding different research paradigms, their underlying philosophies and the concept of ‘methodology’;
• Professional Enquiry methods and forms of inquiry.
• Developing information/literature search skills;
• Interrogating research reports and reading critically; identifying methodological issues;
• Writing a literature review;
• Planning, designing and implementing a small scale research project;
• Analysing data and representing research.
• Disseminating research findings

Structure

Mix of virtual lectures, tutorials, group work and individual tutorial time to a total of 40 hours.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 - 8000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Three summative assignments are required. 1. A personal development plan (2000 words) 2. A critical account of the part professional enquiry can play in developing extended professionalism (2000 words) 3. A proposal and plan for a work-based project or dissertation (3000-4000 words). Assessment will be criterion-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AG - The Extended Professional Project

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

120 credits at SCQF Level 11

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Participants are supported through a series of units of study and associated research guides covering:

• Undertaking a Literature Search
• Doing a Literature Review
• Interrogating Research Reports
• Presenting a Research Plan and Proposal
• Research Methods
• Action Research: A Strategy for Developing Professionals
• Paradigms of Research
• Data Gathering Techniques
• Ensuring Quality Evidence
• Academic Writing
• Preparing your Dissertation or Work-based Project Report

Structure

This module may be available in both contact and distance learning formats with optional support and interaction in an Induction Event. Participants will be allocated an individual supervisor/tutor(s). Additional contact-based elements of delivery may be added where circumstances allow (up to an overall total of 40 hours).

Assessment

1st attempt:
The final summative assessment is a 15,000 – 18,000 word assignment presented as a formal dissertation or work-based project report. Assessment will be criteria-based.

Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AH - ICT: Opportunities for Professional Empowerment

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Terry Allan

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

The course “Using ICT to Empower the Professional in Practice” follows-on directly from the work of this course.

Overview

This practical course looks at how technology can enable individuals’ private and professional lives in many different ways and how a range of widely available technologies such as digital cameras, digital video cameras and groupware software applications can be used in socially and professionally enabling manners. Lectures and workshops for example will illustrate how individuals can engage with music composition, artistic expression and other “new modes of creativity”.

Practical investigations of web-based facilities, and software will also enable construction from these facilities of online personal productivity enhancing websites and services. Coverage will include building sites from content management systems, discussion forums from Bulletin Boards, and using collaborative writing tools.

The course will facilitate in-depth thinking about the wealth of opportunity (not information) that is waiting to be uncovered online and used to advantage in professional settings.

Structure

3 one hour lectures (1 per week for first 3 weeks). 8 one hour participant led group activities. (~1 per week). 10 two hour workshop activities (1 per week). 3 three hour BarCamp/unconference events (weeks 4, 6, 8) (Total 40 hours).

Assessment

1st attempt: Formative and peer assessment will be key features of the course, reflecting its collaborative and cooperative work focus. For summative assessment purposes two assignments will be set. Firstly, participants will submit an online portfolio of evidence to illustrate that learning outcomes have been attained. This will include links to personal contributions to online course-based activities (70%) and will provide a focus for formative peer evaluation. Secondly, participants will submit a reflective commentary on their new learning and its significance for their development and extended professionalism (30%). In total the assessments will be the equivalent of 6000-8000 words in length, taking account of different reporting formats.
Resit: Resubmission of portfolio and interview.

ED50AJ - The Core Conditions of the Person Centred Counselling

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Alison Shoemark

Pre-requisites

Acceptance onto the Postgraduate Diploma in Person Centred Counselling.
120 hours of counselling training (to certificate level).

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course offers an in-depth exploration of Carl Rogers’ theory of Person-Centred counselling
In keeping with the theoretical focus the personal and professional development aspects of the course will centre on the development of the essential core personal qualities that form the basis of the Person Centred Approach to Counselling. There will be an ongoing focus on developing counselling skills and understanding the core conditions of empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence.
Within a supportive environment the course will continue to develop the concepts of self and peer evaluation with time in small and large personal and professional development groups.

Course members will be expected to accept and advocate a value system fostering trust, openness and non-judgemental acceptance.

Structure

One non-residential block of 5 consecutive days 3 individual days. Each day will provide a mix of small and large group workshop based activity, lectures and seminars.
1x1hour tutorial will be arranged independently. This can be either one to one or group.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for Summative assessment: I audio-tape of a course based counselling session with a 10 – 15 minute section transcribed, 1 written assignment and a completed ‘practice readiness’ statement equivalent to a total of 4000 words. Assessment will be criteria based
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AK - The person Centred Approach to Personality & Behaviour Development

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Alison Shoemark

Pre-requisites

Completion of course 1 ‘The Core Conditions of Person-Centred Counselling’

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course offers an in-depth exploration of Carl Rogers’ theory of Personality and Behaviour Development.
In keeping with the theoretical focus the personal and professional development aspects of the course will centre on the development of the essential core personal qualities that form the basis of the Person Centred Approach to Counselling. Students will look at integrating the personality theory with their understanding of the core conditions.
There will be an ongoing focus on developing counselling skills and understanding the core conditions of empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence.
Within a supportive environment the course will continue to develop the concepts of self and peer evaluation with time in small and large personal and professional development groups.

Course members will be expected to accept and advocate a value system fostering trust, openness and non-judgemental acceptance.

Structure

This course will be held one day per week over 8 individual weeks. Each day will provide a mix of small and large group workshop based activity, lectures and seminars.
1x1hour tutorial will be arranged independently. This can be either one to one or group.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit, for summative assessment 1 written assignment of 4000 words. Assessment will be criteria based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AL - Development of Professional Counselling Practice

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Alison Shoemark

Pre-requisites

Completion of courses 1, 2 and 3 of the postgraduate diploma in person-centred counselling

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The following areas will be covered:
Review and analysis of course members preferred counselling style including the links between theory and practice.

Within the context of the Person Centred Approach, structured feedback from peers and tutors will encourage the development of realistic self assessment.

Theories relating to the deepening experiential and relational aspects of the counselling relationship including the concept of Focusing (Eugene Gendlin) in counselling will be introduced.

Within the supportive environment of course groups students will continue the development of personal and professional awareness fundamental to person centred counsellors.
Course members will be expected to accept and advocate a value system fostering trust, openness and non-judgemental acceptance.

Structure

This course will be offered one day per week over 8 individual weeks. In addition there will be one residential weekend. Each day will provide a mix of small and large group workshop based activity, lectures and seminars.
1x1hour tutorial will be arranged independently. This can be either one to one or group.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit, for summative assessment, 1 audiotape of a counselling session together with 1 written assignment equivalent to 4000 words. Assessment will be criteria based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised, to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AM - Counselling Approaches & Social Contexts

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Alison Shoemark

Pre-requisites

Completion of courses 1,2,3,4 and 5 of the postgraduate diploma in person-centred counselling

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The following areas will be covered:
A brief introduction to the sociological perspective
*recognising the ways in which social contexts and systems shape a persons’ perception and construction of reality
*developing an understanding of the implications of working as a counsellor in multi disciplinary settings
An exploration of counselling as an agent of change and/or of social control
*introduce theoretical frameworks for other counselling orientations, vital for the ability to understand the place of person centred counselling and to be able to articulate and discuss therapeutic interventions with colleagues from other disciplines.
*Within the supportive environment of course groups students will continue the development of personal and professional awareness fundamental to person centred counsellors.
Course members will be expected to accept and advocate a value system fostering trust, openness and non-judgemental acceptance.

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: Assessment for this course will take the form of a joint presentation to the whole group, with a written handout equivalent to 4000 words, This work will be criteria based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised, to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AN - Counselling Approaches to Issues of Mental Health & Psychopathology

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Alison Shoemark

Pre-requisites

Completion of courses 1 through 6 of the postgraduate diploma in person-centred counselling

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The following areas will be covered:
This course will focus on the delicate issues of mental illness and mental and spiritual well being. The course will seek to consider the person centred approach to psychopathology and in the context of mental health in relation to the Medical Model of mental illness. Specific issues will be addressed in workshop form such as sexual abuse; sexuality and spirituality.
Visiting professionals will bring an added depth and dimension to the participant’s experience of this course
Course members will be expected to accept and advocate a value system fostering trust, openness and non-judgemental acceptance.

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: Assessment for this course will be a synoptic assignment, linked to and submitted with, the assignment for course 8. Participants will be required to submit for Summative assessment an audio-tape of a counselling session and a Case Study, equivalent to 4000 words. Assessment will be criteria based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised, to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AQ - Understanding & Using Research in Counselling

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Alison Shoemark

Pre-requisites

Being a participant on the postgraduate diploma in person-centred counselling

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course will introduce the topic of research in the context of counselling.
The following questions will be addressed:

What is research?
How and why might counsellors do and use research?
What does research tell us?

How is research read critically? Asking questions such as:
How can the results be generalised?
Are there limitations (such as the way the sample was selected)?
Are the results reliable?
How adequate or convincing is the way in which concepts used in the research are applied?
Are there serious omissions in the work?
Are there other ways of explaining the results of the study?
Are the methods used appropriate?

How is a literature search undertaken?
What is a good research question?

How can answers be found?
What methodologies are relevant to the field of counselling research?
How are these located in terms of disciplinary perspectives?

What kind of ethical considerations are important in counselling research?

How can the results of research be reported?

Structure

This course will be integrated throughout most of the training programme with discrete input between modules two and eight. Each training day will provide a mix of small and large group workshop based activity, lectures and seminars.
1x1hour tutorial will be arranged independently. This can be either one to one or group.

Assessment

ED50AR - MSc in Counselling: Dissertation and Work-based Project

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Jane Nichols

Pre-requisites

Successful completion of 8, 15 SHE ‘M’ credit courses within a recognised PG Diploma in Counselling. This must include an Understanding and Using Research (UUR) component equivalent to that currently offered at Aberdeen.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Participants will complete
. A four module Dissertation; or
. A four-module Work-based Project.

The Dissertation study can take any form including a theory driven exploration, library based study or empirical investigation.

The Work-based Project involves the identification of a problem or question for a practice based investigation, and the collection and interpretation of research data.

Structure

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 15,000-18,000 words)

ED50AW - Enterprise - Principles, Practice & Contexts

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay McDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

There are four content units.

• The policy framework of Enterprise in Education.
• Selective literature search and review.
• The conceptual basis of Enterprise in Education.
• The values base of Enterprise in Education.

Structure

The course will be delivered via a combination of lectures, tutorials and workshops over the equivalent of three contact days and associated directed open learning activities (up to a total of 20 hours).

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AX - Enterprise Thinking

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay McDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

There are four content units.

• Skills and approaches associated with enterprising thinking.
• Selective literature search and review.
• Exploring enterprising thinking in classroom settings
• Cross-curricular, whole school, community and business enterprise opportunities

Structure

Assessment

ED50AY - Designing Learning in Enterise Education

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay McDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

There are five content units.

• Selective literature search and review.
• Writing a project proposal and plan
• Data gathering techniques
• Peer review and evaluation
• Sharing and disseminating best practice

Structure

The course will be delivered via a combination of lectures, tutorials, presentation opportunities and workshops over the equivalent of five contact days and associated directed open learning activities (up to a total of 40 hours).

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 2 assignments equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. The first assignment will require participants to present the findings of their projects to their peers along with a 2000 word summary account of the project. The second assignment will require participants to submit a paper providing a fully reflective account of the work undertaken and the outcomes. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50AZ - Computer-based Learning & Teaching

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

During this course, participants will evaluate the use of ICT as a medium for learning and teaching. The impact of technological, local, national and pedagogical developments and will be considered. A variety of approaches to learning and teaching using ICT will be compared, contrasted and critically evaluated. A small scale learning activity will be planned, implemented and evaluated. Appropriate observation and evaluation techniques will be applied to the learning activity.

Structure

The course will be delivered via a combination of virtual lectures, tutorials and workshops over the equivalent of three contact days and associated directed open learning activities (up to a total of 20 hours).

Assessment

ED50BA - Emerging Learning Technologies

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

During this course, participants will evaluate the use of ICT as a way of supporting changes in teaching practice when used to support problem-based learning. Participants will audit their own skills against a networked scholarship model of learning and explore critically the impact of change on practice.

Structure

Assessment

ED50BC - Designing Learning with ICT

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50BG - Personal Effectiveness & Professionalism

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Students will attend a series of virtual lectures and practical workshops including:
Postgraduate Study: Expectations and Requirements
Making use of the Library at a Distance and Online Learning
Undertaking a Literature Search and Review
Study Skills and Strategies and Sources of Support
Academic Writing: Thinking Reflectively and Writing Critically
Examining Different Perspectives on Professionalism

Structure

Six one hour virtual lectures and associated one and a half hour practical workshops; three one hour small group tutorials totalling to the equivalent of 20 hours of contact.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3000-4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. The assignment will require students to reflect critically on past learning and professional experience, the demands of the programme and an alternative account of enhanced and extended professionalism and set out an appropriate individual learning and development plan. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50BH - Education for the Global Society

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Students will attend a series of virtual lectures and practical workshops including:
• Globalization and the Challenge for Educators
• Responding to Change: current initiatives and approaches (3 units)
• Educational Approaches and Issues: shaping change in practice settings
• Exploring Issues and applications in practice.

Structure

Six one hour virtual lectures and associated one and a half hour practical workshops; three one hour small group tutorials and one two hour presentation seminar (20 hours in total).

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3000-4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. The assignment will require students to review and reflect critically on two educational issues or approaches of their choice and discuss critically opportunities and challenges these issues raise in their own practice settings. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50BJ - Enhanced Practice in Learning & Teaching

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Students will attend a series of virtual lectures and practical workshops including:
• Theory into Practice: the Challenge for Educators
• Responding to Change: current theories and approaches (6 units)
• Educational Theory: Introduction to the online tours
• Educational Theories and their Application: delivering change in practice settings
• Exploring Theories and Applications for practice.

The theories and approaches selected will be chosen in response to the interests and experience of the participants, but the following are illustrative and indicative: Constructivism; Assessment is for Learning; The Critical Skills Programme; Teaching for Understanding; Learning Styles and Differences; Problem-based Learning; Collaborative Learning; Motivation and ICT and Learning.

Structure

Ten one hour lectures and associated one and a half hour practical workshops; six one hour small group tutorials; three online guided study theory tours and one two hour review seminar (total 40 hours).

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment:
1 assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. The assignment will require students to review and reflect critically an educational theory (ies) or approaches of their choice, identify, carry out and evaluate an opportunity for development associated with it, and discuss critically opportunities and challenges this development raises in their own practice settings. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed by the report, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original and 1 opportunity to resit the two hour written examination.

ED50BK - Exploring Professional & Educational Leadership

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

There are four study units

Unit 1: Introduction
The nature of modern professionalism and leadership; alternative accounts of professionalism and leadership; key perceptions and readings.

Unit 2: Identifying a Focus and Rationale
The purposes of independent study; forms of investigation; the benefits of sustained independent study; the selection of an area, theme or focus; making links to other study courses and practice; the place of research literature and other reading.

Unit 3: Background Reading and Study Plans
The value of background reading; finding sources and resources; making use of literature and other sources; identifying themes and areas for study; finding and framing questions; identifying methods of evidence gathering; setting aims and objects in a timeline; planning practicalities; time management. Negotiating a contract of study and working with others

Unit 4: Implementation and Reporting
Effective communication; ensuring rigour and quality; collecting and analysing evidence; discussing and presenting findings and conclusions.

Structure

Participants will complete a series of tutorials, readings and practical activities as appropriate in preparation for completion of an independent study or development. Additional contact-based elements of delivery may be added where circumstances allow (up to an overall total of 40 hours).

Assessment

1st attempt: Formative assessment activities are embedded in the distance learning materials to prompt and structure regular participant-tutor contacts and to scaffold the final summative assessment activity.

The summative assessment instrument requires participants to plan, implement and evaluate an independent learning activity centred on a theme or topic of their choice. Summative assessment will be based on submission of a 6000-8000 word report of the work undertaken, along with any associated materials generated. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50BL - Curriculum Transformation & Change

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara E Hookey, Aileen Barclay and Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

Exploring Difference and Diversity, Participation and Learning plus one other course

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

an understanding, within the context of schools, other institutions and the community, of the functions of and relationships among the various organisational systems

the concept of change as it relates the development of inclusive curricula

possible sources of conflict and tension which may affect relationships particularly within the working contexts of participants

relationships between the curriculum and the learner’s home, school and community
the influences and assumptions that shape the curriculum, through a review of selected national and international developments

professional and personal activities within interconnected systems

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including an individual tutorial.

Assessment

ED50BM - Exploring Difference & Diversity

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara E Hookey and E. Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

List other required courses only

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The course will include a critical consideration of:

the concepts of inclusion and the associated principles of social justice, entitlement, participation and partnership
the educational, historical, political and social contexts in which our educational system has developed.
current legislative frameworks and policies
personal and institutional practice in relation to inclusion
the impact of the above on learning and teaching, and strategies to counter discrimination
the perspectives of young people and their families
the primacy of collaborative, inter-professional working

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including an individual tutorial

Assessment

1st attempt:Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words. Assessment will be criterion-based.
Resit:There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of feedback on the original.

ED50BN - Interprofessional working for language support

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Joan Forbes

Pre-requisites

N/A

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course develops an effective collaborative response to the assessed needs of the individual child with language and communication disorders (L&CD). A focus is maintained on the child and parent as the users of a collaborative support service. The disciplinary knowledge bases of the two professional groups, teachers and speech and language therapists are drawn upon. The experience and skills contributed by teacher and therapist practitioners to collaboratively support pupils with L&CD are examined. Participants learn about: child language development, delay and disorders; language observation and assessment, specialist approaches and collaborative planning and evaluation of individualised programmes.

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including one hour individual tutorial

Assessment

1st attempt:
Normally, participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of Participation and Learning and this Option course
On occasion, and after specific negotiation with the sponsoring authority, participants will be required to submit a summative assignment equivalent to a total of 3000 words which will draw from the work of this course only.
Assessment in either case will be criterion based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work revised to take account of feedback on the original submission .

ED50BO - Creating an Inclusive Classroom

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience of working in an educational or education-related context.

Overview

The key principles of inclusive education
- pertinent legislation
- critical exploration of personal and institutional practice
- the perspectives of young people and their families
- the importance of collaborative working

Child centred learning based on contemporary educational theory which take into account the role of affective learning
- developing the pupil/teacher learning partnership
- social constructivism
- learning styles and motivation
- negotiation and choice

The design of effective learning, teaching and assessment activities to meet the needs of diverse groups of learners
- approaches that are multi-sensory
- the encouragement of active and experiential learning
- relate planning to the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence

Structure

Face-to-face delivery: 20 hours including morning and afternoon seminars, group support tutorials and individual tutorials.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1/2/3 assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 4,000 words taking account of different reporting formats, e.g. 1 assignment of 4,000 words, 2 assignments of 2,000 words each, or 3 assignments of 1,300 words each. Assessment will be criteria-based. Synergy between formative and summative tasks is a feature of the approach to assessment.

Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, when revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50BP - An Introduction To Autism and its Implications for Classroom Practice

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Dr. Jackie Ravet

Pre-requisites

The course sits within the PG Award in Inclusive Educational Practice. Course participants must have a commitment to the current philosophy of inclusion and to the principles of inclusive educational practice for all. They should have access to an educational setting for the purposes of undertaking the assessment task and gaining practical experience.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course explores a range of issues in response to children and young people with autistic spectrum disorders including:

• a critical examination of the nature of Autism
• an understanding of the way pupils with autism experience the world
• the importance of a whole school approach
• the importance of collaborative working
• innovative approaches to meeting pupil needs
• promoting inclusive practice

Structure

Three days face to face contact including a mixture of seminars, lectures, workshops and directed individual study.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of the Autism module and PAL. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50BQ - Literacy Difficulties and Dyslexia

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

Exploring Difference and Diversity

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

A critical evaluation of the following:
the current literature and research on the complex nature of literacy difficulties and dyslexia within a framework of social justice and equality of access
the perspectives, needs and rights of learners and parents
the development of reading and literacy skills with particular emphasis on learners who experience difficulty
the wider implications of literacy difficulties and dyslexia within an inclusive and collaborative educational framework
strategies for making the curriculum accessible for all learners
current whole school and classroom practice with a view to more effectively supporting literacy

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including one hour’s individual tutorial.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of 2 courses, Participation and Learning and Literacy Difficulties and Dyslexia. Assessment will be criterion-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of feedback on the original submission.

ED50BR - Participation and Learning

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Dr. Jackie Ravet/ Mrs Meg Taylor/ Mrs Aileen Barclay

Pre-requisites

This course sits within the PG Award in Inclusive Educational Practice. Course participants must have a commitment to the current philosophy of Inclusion and to the principles of inclusive educational practice for all. They should have access to an educational setting for the purposes of undertaking the assessment task and gaining practical experience.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

1. Examining and exploring the nature of teacher/ learner relationships and the ways in which this impacts upon effective learning
2. Critically consider the extent to which contexts encourage partnership and collaboration
3. In light of recent research consider and analyse a variety of theories related to cognitive and affective dimensions of learning.
4. Explore the complexity and tensions of the important concepts of sameness difference and diversity and the extent to which curriculum, school organisation and participative practice enhance or detract from them within an inclusive environment.

Structure

Three days face to face contact including a mixture of seminars, lectures, workshops and directed individual study

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of PAL plus one option. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50BS - Understanding and Meeting Severe and Complex Needs

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Dr. Jackie Ravet

Pre-requisites

The course sits within the PG award in Inclusive Educational Practice. Course participants must have a commitment to the current philosophy of inclusion and to the principles of inclusive educational practice for all. They should have access to an educational setting for the purposes of undertaking the assessment task and gaining practical experience.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course explores a range of issues in response to children and young people with severe and complex needs including:
• legislation/policy context
• identification of learners
• assessment of individual needs
• curricular frameworks
• target setting
• coordinated support plans
• approaches and strategies
• inclusion

Structure

Three days face to face contact including a mixture of seminars, lectures, workshops and directed individual study.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of the Severe and Complex module and PAL. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50BT - Primary Pastoral Care in Action

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

 key educational philosophy and theories which have influenced the establishment of pastoral care/ guidance in schools and colleges;
 personal support and the National Guidance Review document ‘Happy Safe and Achieving their Potential’
 clarification of attitudes and values;
 ethos and the 'caring community';

 guidance principles, policies and practices - meeting the developmental needs of pupils/students;
 the guidance entitlement;
 guidance systems, roles and responsibilities;
 whole school/college approaches to guidance;
 pastoral care systems;

 pupil/student transitions;
 monitoring, tracking and reporting pupil/student progress;

 the home-school partnership;
 child protection and inter-departmental/inter-agency working;
 new community schools;
 case studies;

 quality assurance and development planning;
 self-evaluation.

Structure

For Face-to-Face = 20 hours delivery time to include 10 one hour lectures, 4 two hour seminars, two hours active task work plus two one hour tutorials per student.
For E-Learning = 20 hours delivery time plus regular support at a distance plus two hours of tutorial input per student.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment
assignment(s) equivalent to a total of between 3-4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50BU - A Counselling Approach in Educational Settings

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

 analysis of the core theory and practice of holistic and person-centred approaches
 comparing and contrasting such approaches with current practice and critically appraising the applicability of these approaches within the contexts of guidance/pastoral care and learning and teaching;
 analysis and development of the ‘core facilitative conditions’ associated with a person-centred approach to counselling;
 clarification of attitudes and values
 the development of essential counselling skills including active listening, paraphrasing, reflection of feeling, focussing, structuring, facilitative challenging, goal setting and assisting action;
 structured models of the helping process;
 child protection, confidentiality and ethical issues.

Structure

Assessment

ED50BV - Curriculum, Careers Guidance and Education for Work

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

theoretical perspectives on vocational decision-making
• changing concepts of work, careers and lifelong learning
• supporting transition stages, including subject choice procedures
• structured interviews and profiling
• preparation for the world of work including work experience
• qualifications, training routes, Further and Higher Education courses, entry requirements and application procedures
• the design and delivery of the careers education programme including Education for Work
• curriculum and careers guidance inventories, software programmes/databases and websites,
• computerised monitoring and tracking programmes
• the contribution of subject departments to curriculum and career guidance
• liaison with agencies which support careers guidance
• quality assurance and development planning

Structure

Assessment

ED50BW - Pastoral Care, Guidance Principles and Practice

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

key educational philosophy and theories which have influenced the establishment of pastoral care/ guidance in schools and colleges;
personal support and the National Guidance Review document ‘Happy Safe and Achieving their Potential’;
ethos and the 'caring community';
clarification of attitudes and values;
guidance principles, policies and practices - meeting the developmental needs of pupils/students;
the guidance entitlement;
whole school/college approaches to guidance;
pastoral care systems;
guidance systems, roles and responsibilities;
integrated community schools;
the home-school partnership;
child protection and inter-departmental/inter-agency working;
case studies;
quality assurance and development planning;
self-evaluation;

Structure

Assessment

ED50BX - Personal and Social Development

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

• a review of key literature influencing the field of personal and social development
• the theories, principles and processes which underpin personal and social development
• student centred approaches and the importance of a supportive climate
• planning, development and delivery of cross curricular and special focus programmes of PSD/PSE including assessment, quality assurance and development planning
• an exposition of the theoretical basis of student-centred learning; active and experiential learning styles; group work skills and strategies, including structured discussion, and group leadership styles
• the health promoting school, equal opportunities and racial equality issues
• strategies for the delivery of more sensitive issues
• theoretical perspectives on self-concept and its importance for well-being, effective learning and attainment

Structure

Assessment

ED50BY - Perspectives in Health Education

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The three main areas of content are:

current models of health and their influence on the learner and society, including the development of self concept

the different patterns of lifestyles within the school and community and the influence of issues such as ethos, diet, drugs for example, on the individual and the health promoting school showing recognition of the different perspectives at local, national and European levels.

the development of a process-based approach to health education including skills of decision making in a health related context.

Structure

Assessment

ED50BZ - Managing Personal Support in Schools

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working within an educational or education related context. A reasonable ability in ICT will be necessary to cope with blended learning delivery.

Overview

review of the principles and practices of effective pastoral care, guidance and pupil support
 the new post McCrone management role of promoted guidance staff
 integrated approaches to guidance and pupil support
 new community/integrated schools: inclusion and inter-professional working;
 the National Review of Guidance
 whole school and Pastoral Care Systems
 time management
 leadership styles
 the management of change
 solution-focussed approaches
 managing staff
 conflict resolution
 team building activities
 managing meetings and delegation
 quality assurance and development planning
 self-assessment inventories

Structure

Blended learning delivery 40 hours to include face to face and online learning plus two hours tutorial support per student

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50CA - Curriculum, Careers Guidance and Education for Enterprise

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

• the changing society, concepts of work, careers and lifelong learning
• concepts and theoretical aspects of careers/vocational choice and enterprise education
• policies supporting careers information/guidance/education and enterprise
• cross curricular aspects and the contribution of subject departments to education for the world of work, curriculum and career guidance
• the design and delivery of the careers education programme including
resources such as Career Box, Determined to Succeed, Get into Enterprise,
• special focus delivery, lesson planning and supporting self-awareness
• preparation for the world of work including work experience, lifelong learning and enterprise education
• liaison and partnership working with agencies
• structured interviews, profiling, and computerised monitoring and tracking programmes
• curriculum and careers guidance inventories/software/databases and websites
 quality assurance and identification of enterprise development
• supporting transition stages, including subject choice procedures,
• qualifications, training routes, Further and Higher Education courses, entry requirements, electronic UCAS and application procedures

Structure

Blended learning delivery 40 hours to include face to face and online learning plus two hours tutorial support per student

Assessment

ED50CB - Counselling and Mentoring Approaches in Educational Settings

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

Chartered Teacher Programme participants only. The successful completion of the module Self-Evaluation and Professional Development.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

 learning communities and collegiality
 counselling and mentoring as a forms of professional learning
 counselling and mentoring roles and activities
 analysis of the core theory and practice of holistic and person-centred approaches
 analysis and development of the ‘core facilitative conditions’ associated with person-centred approaches to helping interventions
 clarification of attitudes and values
 the development of essential counselling, supporting and mentoring skills including active listening, paraphrasing, reflection of feeling, feedback, focussing, structuring, facilitative challenging, goal setting and assisting action
 models of counselling and mentoring
 mentoring and induction; principle-centred induction and procedural-led induction
 relationships and the quality of interactions
 skills, qualities and attributes
 issues of power, ethics and confidentiality
 analysis of personal and institutional practice on confidentiality, child protection, and ethical issues.

Structure

Blended learning delivery 40 hours to include face to face and online learning plus two hours tutorial support per student

Assessment

ED50CD - Loss and Bereavement in Educational Settings

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Alison Shoemark

Pre-requisites

Some working knowledge of counselling skills.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course will enable teachers to address issues of loss and bereavement in educational settings and in relation to their personal experience.
The course will:
a) address theories of transition and the process of change in relation to loss in its broadest sense
b) offer an opportunity to analyse current research into the process of loss and bereavement
c) create opportunities to develop listening skills
d) address the place of spiritual awareness in the context of loss and bereavement
e) critically evaluate loss in relation to life events other than death including abuse, divorce, physical changes as a result of illness, accident or surgery
f) explore ’normal’ and complex grief responses in relation to the ‘tasks’ of bereavement
g) offer useful models of the process of change
h) analyse the existing support provision within their own school setting and reflect critically on the development of systems and resources for the benefit of pupils in their care

Structure

Each of the three days of face to face meetings will contain 1 lecture (1 Hour), 1 student led seminar (1 hour), supervised skills practice (2 hours) and discussion (1 hour). 1x2 hours tutorial per participant (to be arranged individually)

Assessment

ED50CE - The Application of Counselling Skills in Teaching and Learning

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

Some working knowledge of counselling skills.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The module is essentially practice based and introduces theoretical concepts as appropriate to the sequenced learning activities.

• enhancing practitioner personal awareness within the realms of feeling, thinking and behaviour;

• the broader applications of a person centred approach through the theoretical and experiential exploration of Eugene Gendlin’s work on focusing;

• attending and responding appropriately to the feelings and personal meanings of learners;

• introduction to cognitive behavioural counselling through the work of Albert Ellis;

• the principle theories of loss and bereavement in relation to relevant case material;

• personal responsibility, the learning process and supportive challenging

Structure

Assessment

ED50CF - Professional Enquiry

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Effective professionals need to be able to undertake sustained, independent enquiry in order to further their professional development. This course provides the opportunity for participants to acquire and practice skills associated with the planning and implementation of development work in an identified area within their own setting. Through:

 Exploring the relationships between policy, practice and research;
 Examining professional development within the current context of professionalism;
 Understanding different research paradigms, their underlying philosophies and the concept of ‘methodology’;
 Understanding qualitative research methods and forms of inquiry.
 Developing information/literature search skills;
 Interrogating research reports and reading critically; identifying methodological issues;
 Writing a literature review;
 Planning, designing and implementing a small scale research project;
 Analysing data and representing research.
 Disseminating research findings

Structure

Mix of lectures, tutorials and group work + individual tutorial time.

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criterion-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50CG - Negotiated Independent Study

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

There are three study units

Unit 1: Identifying a Focus and Rationale
The purposes of independent study; forms of investigation; the benefits of sustained independent study; the selection of an area, theme or focus; making links to other study modules and practice; the place of research literature and other reading.

Unit 2: Background Reading and Study Plans
The value of background reading; finding sources and resources; making use of literature and other sources; identifying themes and areas for study; finding and framing questions; identifying methods of evidence gathering; setting aims and objects in a timeline; planning practicalities; time management. Negotiating a contract of study and working with others

Unit 3: Implementation and Reporting
Effective communication; ensuring rigour and quality; collecting and analysing evidence; discussing and presenting findings and conclusions.

Structure

This module may be available in both contact and distance learning formats with optional support and interaction through computer mediated communication. Participants will complete a series of tutorials, readings and practical activities as appropriate in preparation for completion of a sustained independent study or development. Additional contact-based elements of delivery may be added where circumstances allow (up to an overall total of 20 hours).

Assessment

1st attempt: Formative assessment activities are embedded in the distance learning materials to prompt and structure regular participant-tutor contacts and to scaffold the final summative assessment activity.

The summative assessment instrument requires participants to plan, implement and evaluate an independent learning activity centred on a theme or topic of their choice. Summative assessment will be based on submission of a 3000-4000 word report of the work undertaken, along with any associated materials generated. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50CH - Negotiated Extended Study

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

This module may be available in both contact and distance learning formats with optional support and interaction through computer mediated communication. Participants will complete a series of tutorials, readings and practical activities as appropriate in preparation for completion of an independent study or development. Additional contact-based elements of delivery may be added where circumstances allow (up to an overall total of 40 hours).

Assessment

ED50CJ - Dissertation/Work-based Project

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

120 credits at SCQF Level 11

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50CK - Learning and Teaching in an Inclusive Environment

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Alison Hurrell & Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

Professional Perspectives in Education

Overview

• social justice and the key principles of inclusive education
 the historical, social and political context
 pertinent legislation
 critical exploration of personal and institutional practice
 the perspectives of young people and their families
 the importance of collaborative, inter-professional working

• child centred learning based on contemporary educational theory which take into account the role of affective learning
 developing the pupil/teacher learning partnership
 social constructivism
 learning styles and motivation
 approaches that are multi-sensory
 negotiation and choice

• the design of effective learning, teaching and assessment activities to meet the needs of diverse groups of learners
 the pivotal role of formative assessment
 self assessment and peer assessment
 the nature of evidence

Structure

Face-to-face delivery: 40 hours including morning and afternoon seminars, group support tutorials and individual tutorials.

Distance/on-line learning: regular support at a distance including 2 hours of tutor input per student.

Assessment

1st attempt:

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 / 2 / 3 assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based. Synergy between formative and summative tasks is a feature of the approach to assessment.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, when revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50CL - Learning and Teaching in an Inclusive Environment

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Alison Hurrell & Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

Professional Perspectives in Education

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50CM - Learning and Teaching in an Inclusive Environment

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Alison Hurrell & Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

Professional Perspectives in Education

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50CN - Professional Perspectives in Education(ABZ)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

This course gives participants the opportunity to analyse critically different concepts of professionalism and relevant professional standards, and to reflect on their own professional development. The course will encompass the following:

• Induction
 the Standard for Chartered Teacher
 returning to academic study
 learning with others - becoming a networked learner
• Linking Theory and Practice
 engaging critically with theory and practice
 engaging critically with reading and research, including practitioner research and the concept of evidence based practice
• The Reflective Practitioner
 developing higher level skills of writing/reporting in ways that are critically reflective
 reviewing practice and professional development planning
 keeping a portfolio and reflective journal
• APL
 the accreditation of prior learning
 documenting evidence
• The new model of Professionalism
 comparing the different knowledge, practice and value bases of various professions and professionals;
 concepts and principles associated with policy formation, key amongst which are social justice and inclusion and collaborative working

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 / 2 / 3 assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50CP - Professional Perspectives in Education (INV)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 / 2 / 3 assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50CQ - Professional Perspectives in Education (E-Learning)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 / 2 / 3 assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50CR - Negotiated Extended Study

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

Professional Perspectives in Education

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

This module may be available in both contact and distance learning formats with optional support and interaction through computer mediated communication. Participants will complete a series of tutorials, readings and practical activities as appropriate in preparation for completion of an independent study or development. Additional contact-based elements of delivery may be added where circumstances allow (up to an overall total of 40 hours).

Assessment

ED50CS - Negotiated Extended Study

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

Professional Perspectives in Education

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

This module may be available in both contact and distance learning formats with optional support and interaction through computer mediated communication. Participants will complete a series of tutorials, readings and practical activities as appropriate in preparation for completion of an independent study or development. Additional contact-based elements of delivery may be added where circumstances allow (up to an overall total of 40 hours).

Assessment

ED50CT - Negotiated Extended Study

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

Professional Perspectives in Education

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

This module may be available in both contact and distance learning formats with optional support and interaction through computer mediated communication. Participants will complete a series of tutorials, readings and practical activities as appropriate in preparation for completion of an independent study or development. Additional contact-based elements of delivery may be added where circumstances allow (up to an overall total of 40 hours).

Assessment

ED50DC - Developing Capability for Improvement

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Mike Cowie

Pre-requisites

Successful completion of the Educational Leadership course

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The following topics will form the core of the course.
· Understanding the culture of an organisation
· Assessing change capability
· Change processes, including political processes, models, resourcing change and monitoring and evaluation
· Leading and managing individuals, groups and teams
· Enabling professional learning and growth
· Evaluating an aspect of leadership or management practice in another organisation
· Project planning
· Negotiation and conflict management
· Recruitment and selection processes and procedures

Structure

This course will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorial and seminar activities, case studies and individual consultation. There will be 4 taught days, the equivalent of 4 directed study days using materials prepared by the programme team and a 2 day comparative study placement in another context. Participants will be expected to make contact electronically with tutors and with other participants as they interact with individual study sessions (set reading and study tasks).

Assessment

This course will have 3 assessment tasks, all of which require to be completed successfully.
1. A written report (4,000 words) on a comparative study on an aspect of leadership or management of interest to the participant which is relevant to a proposed school improvement project.
2. A written situational analysis (2000 words) setting out the current context of the participant’s school and its change capability. This will require the use of material gathered from a range of sources within and outwith the school. The situational analysis will also incorporate a rationale for an identified improvement project.
3. A proposed improvement project plan to be undertaken in the 2 courses to follow presented in tabular form. The plan must detail the steps to be taken to initiate, implement, monitor and evaluate the project and indicate how it matches the sets of competences outlined in the Standard for Headship.

ED50DE - Professional Enquiry & Development

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Karen McARdle

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The course aims to prepare participants to take command of and shape their own continuing professional development over the course of their studies and to undertake their own research and development within a professional enquiry approach.

Structure

Mix of virtual lectures, tutorials, group work and individual tutorial time to a total of 40 hours.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 - 8000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Three summative assignments are required. 1. A personal development plan (2000 words) 2. A critical account of the part professional enquiry can play in developing extended professionalism (2000 words) 3. A proposal and plan for a work-based project or dissertation (3000-4000 words). Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50DF - The Extended Professional Project

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

120 credits at SCQF Level 11

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

The final summative assessment is a 15,000 – 18,000 word assignment presented as a formal dissertation or work-based project report. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DG - ICT: Opportunities for Professional Empowerment (e-learning)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Terry Allan

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

The course “Using ICT to Empower the Professional in Practice” follows-on directly from the work of this course.

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Formative and peer assessment will be key features of the course, reflecting its collaborative and cooperative work focus. For summative assessment purposes two assignments will be set. Firstly, participants will submit an online portfolio of evidence to illustrate that learning outcomes have been attained. This will include links to personal contributions to online course-based activities (70%) and will provide a focus for formative peer evaluation. Secondly, participants will submit a reflective commentary on their new learning and its significance for their development and extended professionalism (30%). In total the assessments will be the equivalent of 6000-8000 words in length, taking account of different reporting formats.

ED50DL - Enterprise - Principles, Practice & Contexts (DL)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay MacDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DM - Enterprise Thinking (DL)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay MacDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DN - Designing Learning in Enterprise Education

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay MacDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 2 assignments equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. The first assignment will require participants to present the findings of their projects to their peers along with a 2000 word summary account of the project. The second assignment will require participants to submit a paper providing a fully reflective account of the work undertaken and the outcomes. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DP - Computer-based Learning & Teaching (on-Campus)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DQ - Emerging Learning Teachnologies (On-Campus)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DR - Designing Learning with ICT (on Campus)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50DS - An introduction to Autism & its implications for Classroom Practice

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jackie Ravet

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Three days face to face contact including a mixture of seminars, lectures, workshops and directed individual study.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of the Autism module and PAL. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DT - Participation & Learning

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jackie Ravet/ Meg Taylor/ Aileen Barclay

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Three days face to face contact including a mixture of seminars, lectures, workshops and directed individual study

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of PAL plus one option. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DU - Understanding & Meeting Servere & Complex Needs (DL)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jackie Ravet

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Three days face to face contact including a mixture of seminars, lectures, workshops and directed individual study.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of the Severe and Complex module and PAL. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DY - Pastoral Care, Guidance Principles & Practice (e-learning)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment
assignment(s) equivalent to a total of between 3-4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50DZ - Personal & Social Development (e-learning)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50EB - Managing Personal Support in Schools (Blended)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

Overview

Structure

Blended learning delivery 40 hours to include face to face and online learning plus two hours tutorial support per student

Assessment

Formative assessment tasks, set within collaborative learning activities will feature throughout the course and along with peer review exercises, will help prepare participants for the final summative assessment.

For summative assessment purposes, participants will be expected to identify, plan, implement, evaluate and report on a developmental activity completed in their practice setting. The report will contain a critically reflective commentary on the development undertaken and provide a body of supportive evidence of the development in practice and its outcomes (total equivalent to 6000 words, allowing for a variety of submission formats).

ED50EF - Literacy Difficulties & Dyslexia

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including one hour’s individual tutorial.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of 2 courses, Participation and Learning and Literacy Difficulties and Dyslexia. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50EK - Curriculum Trasnformation & Change

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara E Hookey, Aileen Barclay and Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

Exploring Difference and Diversity, Participation and Learning plus one other course

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including an individual tutorial.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50EN - Professional Enquiry

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Mix of lectures, tutorials and group work + individual tutorial time.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50EP - Careers & employability for Postgraduates

Credit Points: 5
Course Coordinator: Dr Joy Perkins

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

Notes

Only available to taught postgraduates in the College of Life Sciences and Medicine.

Overview

This course focused on developing career management skills and enhancing student employability. The learner-centred workshops are designed to facilitate students to understand recruitment and selection methods, effective opportunity-search strategies and the requirements of employers. In addition the course explores enterprise and entrepreneurship, transsferable skill developments and effective career planning.

Structure

In the School of Biological Sciences, the course will consist of 4x two-hour weekly workshops.

In the School of Medical Sciences, the course will be delivered via 4 two-hour workshops in a dedicated careers and employability week.

In both academic Schools, WebCT will be used to support student learning and assessment.

Assessment

Write a reflective 1,000 word career planning report (60%); CV Construction Exercise (40%).

ED50EQ - Professional Enquiry

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Mix of lectures, tutorials and group work + individual tutorial time.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50ER - Negotiated Independent Study

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Formative assessment activities are embedded in the distance learning materials to prompt and structure regular participant-tutor contacts and to scaffold the final summative assessment activity.

The summative assessment instrument requires participants to plan, implement and evaluate an independent learning activity centred on a theme or topic of their choice. Summative assessment will be based on submission of a 3000-4000 word report of the work undertaken, along with any associated materials generated. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50ET - Designing Learning with ICT

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Content: There are five content units.

• Selective literature search and review.
• Writing a project proposal and plan
• Data gathering techniques
• Peer review and evaluation
• Sharing and disseminating best practice

Structure

Assessment

ED50EU - Emerging Learning Technologies

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

NOne

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50EV - Computer based Learning & Teaching

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

none

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50EX - Curriculum Trasnformation & Change

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara E Hookey, Aileen Barclay and Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

Exploring Difference and Diversity, Participation and Learning plus one other course

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including an individual tutorial.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50FA - Mentoring

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

 Learning communities and collegiality

 Models of mentoring

 Mentoring as a form of professional learning
 Adult learning

 Mentoring and induction
 principle-centred induction and procedural-led induction

 Relationships
quality of interactions,
issues of power, ethics and confidentiality
appropriate balance between personal and professional roles
core conditions

 Mentoring Roles Mentoring activities
 coach - climate setting
 role model - listening, motivating and encouraging
 advocate - reviewing
 critical friend - dialogic challenge and negotiation
 acculturator - observation and formative feedback

 The process of mentoring - different stages: different skills
Egan's model

 Skills, qualities and attributes
 values and attitudinal qualities
 interpersonal skills

Structure

For face-to-face = 4 one hour lectures, 3 two hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 1 hour tutorial

Assessment

1st attempt: 1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4,000 words) 100%
Resit: Not normally applicable

ED50FB - Professional Enquiry

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Mix of lectures, tutorials and group work + individual tutorial time.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50FC - Enterprise - Principles, Practice & Contexts (DL)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay MacDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50FD - Enterprise Thinking

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay MacDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50FG - A Counselling Approach in Educational Settings (E-Learning)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Sandra Paterson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50FH - Computer based Learning & Teaching (e-learning)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED50FI - Computer-based Learning and Teaching

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

[Indicate below the assessment arrangements, e.g. 1st attempt: 1 two hour written examination (60%); continuous assessment (40%). Resit: 1 two hour written examination (100%). See also the Guidance Note]

ED50FK - Emerging Learning Technologies

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

1 two hour written examination (60%); continuous assessment (40%). Resit: 1 two hour written examination (100%). See also the Guidance Note]

ED50FM - Dissertation/Work-based Project

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

120 credits at SCQF Level 11

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Indicate below the assessment arrangements, e.g. 1st attempt: 1 two hour written examination (60%); continuous assessment (40%). Resit: 1 two hour written examination (100%). See also the Guidance Note]

ED50FN - Dissertation/Work-based Project

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

120 credits at SCQF Level 11

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50FO - Dissertation/Work-based Project

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

120 credits at SCQF Level 11

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50FP - Negotiated Independent Study

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50FQ - Negotiated Independent Study

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50FR - Negotiated Independent Study

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50FS - Education for the Global Society

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Six one hour virtual lectures and associated one and a half hour practical workshops; three one hour small group tutorials and one two hour presentation seminar (20 hours in total).

Assessment

ED50FV - Alternatives to Exclusion: Creating a climate for learning

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course explores a range of issues in response to children and young people who display social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and who are in danger of being excluded from school. There will be:
• an emphasis on the inclusive nature of Scottish Education
• consideration of the links between social exclusion and school exclusion
• clarification of the relevant aspects of policy and legislation
• principles of good practice in meeting pupils’ emotional needs
• innovative approaches to meeting pupils’ needs and promoting inclusive practice
• encouragement to evaluate the use of exclusion as a disciplinary sanction

Recent research is used to give a theoretical framework and to inform practice at whole-school and classroom level.

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including 1 hour individual tutorial.

Assessment

The course will normally be assessed synoptically with Participation and Learning through the submission of a summative 6000 word assignment.

ED50FW - Computer-based Learning and Teaching

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50FX - Computer-based Learning and Teaching

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50FY - Computer-based Learning and Teaching

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Rob Grant

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50FZ - Alternatives to Exclusion: Creating a climate for learning

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Alternatives to Exclusion: Creating a climate for learning

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including 1 hour individual tutorial.

Assessment

The course will normally be assessed synoptically with Participation and Learning through the submission of a summative 6000 word assignment.

ED50G1 - Language development to support Gaelic medium teaching

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Christina Walker

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

Part A
• History and background of Gaelic Medium Education – success and implications
• Teaching in an immersion / bilingual situation
• Exemplification/modelling of good practice in the GM classroom
• Creating a Gaelic community within the class/ school with a positive ethos
• Enhancement of 4 linguistic skills
• Dealing with a range of fluency - presenting challenge and support
• Identifying pupils’ problems—language specific/concept related – sensitive error handling
• Identification of professional CPD needs and networking in an e-learning community

Part B
• Subject/stage specific terminology - Creating personal terminology banks
• Gaelic terminology for classroom management
• Evaluation and translation of current resources
• Development of lesson plans/resources and assessment instruments in Gaelic
• Micro-teaching and peer assessment

Structure

18 hours of f2f contact (3 residential contact sessions spread across the Programme); Session 1 9 hrs; Session 2 – 7 hrs; Session 3 – 2 hrs
3 hrs of on-line/telephone tutorial support for Part A per participant (30 hrs available per group)
1 hr of on-line/telephone language development support for Part B per participant (10 hrs available per group
Other support - school based mentor/critical friend support

Assessment

1st attempt: Formative assessment of:
• On-line language development/linguistic skills tasks
• On-line GME tasks
• Oral skills through telephone tutorials
• Portfolio of lesson plans and associated resources and assessment instruments

Summative assessment:
• Confirmed competence of linguistic skills for teaching through Gaelic medium through formative assessment feedback and supporting portfolio of evidence (2000 words equivalent)
• 2 sample lessons supported by a critical commentary and justification of lesson choice, resources, assessment and the appropriateness of the lesson for the particular stage/lesson in relation to 5-14 or SG requirements as appropriate (3000 words equivalent)
• Critical reflection on observation feedback from presentation of one lesson to peer participants/tutors/mentors mentors and plan for next steps (3000 words equivalent)

Assessment will be criteria based
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit both parts of the assessment as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50G2 - Critical reflection and portfolio development

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Christina Walker

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

• Critical reflection in the context of GM Education
• Reviewing literature
• Professional development
• Standards awareness
• Self evaluation
• Critical reflection
• Learning logs
• Portfolio building and evidence gathering
• Involving and sharing with others
• Current relevant reading and research

Structure

12 hrs of f2f contact spread across 3 residential contact sessions for the Programme; Session 1 – 5 hrs; Session 2 – 1 hr; Session 3 – 6hrs
1 hr of on-line/telephone tutorial support per participant on average (10 hrs available for group)

Assessment

1st attempt: Formative assessment:
• Formative assessment of components of the professional portfolio – eg learning logs; reflective journal; self evaluation against relevant standards;
• Formative assessment of Reflective Writing task with supporting portfolio of evidence
Summative assessment:
• Portfolio and reflective report (6000-8000 words equivalent)

Assessment is criteria based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the assessment as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50GA - Designing Learning for Excellence

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: TBC

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50GB - Designing Learning for Excellence

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: tbc

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50GC - Music – A Pathway to Learning

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Pete Stollery

Pre-requisites

No formal music qualification is necessary.

Notes

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate experience working in an educational or education related context. It is designed with Primary Class Teachers and Primary Music Specialists in mind.

Overview

The course will focus on the Kodály concept of music education and will cover the following areas:
• Using singing as a starting point for musical development through the use of age appropriate singing games and rhymes;
• Introducing music notation using the tools of rhythm names and solfa;
• Using Kodaly tools in a variety of music contexts eg. composition and instrumental work;
• How to choose appropriate repertoire across all primary stages;
• Using music as a cross curricular tool with reference to Curriculum for Excellence.

Structure

3 full and intensive workshop and training days in July.

Assessment

1st attempt: • Literature review (c.1000wds)
• Suite of lessons plans for both P1 to P3 and P4 to P7 phases, to cover a five week period (c.3000wds)
• Video evidence of work with children taken from above lesson plans (both phases) (c.30 mins)
• Folio of songs or rhymes with accompanying analytical material (c.1000wds)

Resit: Not normally applicable

ED50GD - Mentoring

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

Structure

For face-to-face = 4 one hour lectures, 3 two hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 1 hour tutorial

Assessment

1st attempt: 1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4,000 words) 100%
Resit: Not normally applicable

ED50GE - Enterprise - principles, practice and contexts

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay MacDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50GF - Assessment is for Learning

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Anne Valyo

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

There are four content units.

• Skills and approaches associated with AiFL
• Selective literature search and review
• Exploring AiFL in classroom settings and case studies
• Cross-curricular and whole school opportunities

Structure

Assessment

ED50GG - Negotiated Extended Study

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

This module may be available in both contact and distance learning formats with optional support and interaction through computer mediated communication. Participants will complete a series of tutorials, readings and practical activities as appropriate in preparation for completion of an independent study or development. Additional contact-based elements of delivery may be added where circumstances allow (up to an overall total of 40 hours).

Assessment

ED50GH - Practice Tutors Award (TQAL)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Karen McArdle

Pre-requisites

N/A

Co-requisites

Participants will study the first TQAL course concurrently

Overview

The literacies landscape - TQAL history, practice and future;
Social practice as a conceptual framework for adult literacies;
Roles and Responsibilities of a tutor;
Building a learning relationship;
ICT induction and engagement;
Models of support and tutoring;
Models of professional learning;
The TQAL student – supporting reception, deployment and assessment;
Evaluating educational practice;
Providing formative feedback.

Structure

3 day residential (30 hours); 50 Hours online; 100 hours self directed; 95 hours tutoring; 25 hours assessment

Assessment

6,000 – 8,000 reflective account and portfolio

ED50GM - Key concepts for science educators

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Chris Fraser

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The course will comprise three content units:
• science, technology and society;
• key concepts in science;
• progression in, and links between, key concepts

Structure

The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials and workshops over the equivalent of 2.5 contact days and associated directed open-learning activities (up to a total of 20 hours).

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3000 words and taking account of different presentation formats. Assessment will be criteria based.
Resit: There will be 1 opportunity to resubmit the work completed as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50GN - Science Learning for All

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Chris Fraser

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The course will comprise three content units:
• how people learn science;
• barriers to learning science;
• maximising participation and supporting learning.

Structure

Assessment

ED50GO - Designing Learning in Science

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Chris Fraser

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

There are 5 content modules:
• selective literature search and review
• writing a project proposal and plan
• data collection techniques
• peer review and evaluation
• sharing and disseminating recommendations

Structure

The course will be delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials, workshops and presentations over the equivalent of five contact days and associated directed open learning activities (up to a total of 40 hours)

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 2 assignments equivalent to a total of 6000 words, taking account of different reporting formats. The first assignment will require participants to present the findings of their projects to their peers along with a 2000 word summary account of the project. The second assignment will require participants to submit a 4000 word reflective account of the work undertaken, the outcomes and recommendations. Assessment will be criteria based.
Resit: There will be 1 opportunity to resubmit the work completed as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

ED50GP - Creativity in Science Education

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Chris Fraser

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The course will comprise three content units:
• creativity in science education;
• creating creative contexts for science learning; and
• creative science teaching

Structure

Assessment

ED50GQ - Mentoring and Coaching

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Self-Evaluation & Professional Development. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Notes

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context. Those who have already completed the 15 credit Mentoring module, or the 30 credit Mentoring and Counselling module are not eligible for this course.

Overview

 Learning communities and collegiality

 Models of mentoring and coaching
• instructional mentoring
• GROW model for coaching

 Mentoring and coaching as a form of professional learning
• the use of interactive journals

 Mentoring and induction
• principle-centred induction and procedural-led induction;

 Relationships
• issues of power, ethics and confidentiality
• appropriate balance between personal and professional roles

 Roles Mentoring activities Coaching activities
 coach - relationship building - observation
 role model - listening and reflecting - questioning
 advocate - clarifying - formative feedback
 critical friend - dialogic challenge - target setting
 acculturator - summarising - action planning

Although set out separately above, there is overlap in terms of the skills deployed by mentors and coaches.

 The process of mentoring - different stages: different skills;
• frameworks for differentiating support strategies;

 Skills, qualities and attributes
 values and attitudinal qualities
 interpersonal skills

Structure

For face-to-face = 6 one hour lectures, 6 x 3 hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 2 x 3 hours group support tutorials

Assessment

1st attempt: 1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 6,000 words) 100%
This will take the form of a professional enquiry or case study.
Resit: One opportunity to resubmit the 6,000 word assignment

ED50GR - Mentoring and Coaching

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Self-Evaluation & Professional Development. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Notes

Overview

Structure

For face-to-face = 6 one hour lectures, 6 x 3 hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 2 x 3 hours group support tutorials

Assessment

ED50GS - Mentoring and Coaching

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Self-Evaluation & Professional Development. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Notes

Overview

Structure

For face-to-face = 6 one hour lectures, 6 x 3 hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 2 x 3 hours group support tutorials

Assessment

ED50GT - Professional Enquiry (ABZ)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Mix of lectures, tutorials and group work + individual tutorial time.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50GU - Professional Enquiry (INV)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Mix of lectures, tutorials and group work + individual tutorial time.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50GV - Professional Enquiry (e-learning)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Mix of lectures, tutorials and group work + individual tutorial time.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50HA - Understanding Autism in an Inclusive Context

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Dr Jackie Ravet

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

Notes

Course participants must have a commitment to the inclusion of learners with autism specturm disorders and have access to an appropriate setting for the purpose of undertaking the assessment task and gaining practical experience.

Overview

This course aims to deepen participant knowledge and understanding of the key conceptual ideas, theories and perspectives in autism, and the issues associated with autism and learning in inclusive contexts.

Topics will include:

- The Inclusive Context
- Collaborative Working
- Perceptions and Myths
- Definitions
- History
- Prevalence and Diagnostic Criteria
- The Triad of Impairments
- The Causes of Autism
- Psychological and Affective Theories of Autism

Structure

Three days of face to face contact including a mixture of presentations, discussions, group activities, individual reflective activities, DVDs and speaker inputs.

Assessment

Formative assessment is an ongoing feature of the course and will take place through discussion, group activities, and individual reflective and evaluative activities. Participants will also be asked to keep a Professional Diary.

Summative assessment will take the form of one 4000 word assignment (written or mixed media) focused directly on workplace applications.

There will be one opportunity to re-submit assignments that have been revised to take account of tutor feedback.

ED50HB - Enabling Learning and Participation: Approaches and Interventions

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Dr Jackie Ravet

Pre-requisites

Participants must have completed course 1: Understanding Autism in an Inclusive Context.

Notes

Course participants must have a commitment to the inclusion of learners with autism spectrum disorders and have access to an appropriate setting for the purpose of undertaking the assessment task and gaining practical experience.

Overview

This course aims to enable participants to gain experience in translating concepts and principals acquired in course 1 into effective practice by using the 'autism lens'. Participants will be introduced to a range of approaches and strategies to support development of individualised interventions.

Topics will include:

- Assessment
- Common Approaches and Principals
- Structuring the Physical and Sensory Environment
- Structuring the Language and Learning Environment
- Structuring the Social Environment
- Differentiation and Individualisation

Structure

Three days of face to face contact, inclduing a mixture of presentations, discussions, group activities, individual reflective activities, DVDs and speaker inputs.

Assessment

Formative assessment is an ongoing feature of the course and will take place through discussions, group activities and individual reflective and evaluative activities. Participants will also be asked to keep a Professional Diary.

Summative assessment will take the form of one 4000-word assignment (written or mixed media), focused directly on workplace applications.

There will be one opportunity to re-submit assignments that have been revised to take account of tutor feedback.

ED50HC - autism and Learning: Adolescene into Adulthood

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Dr Jackie Ravet

Pre-requisites

Participants must have completed the postgraduate Certificate in Autism and Learning (or equivalent)

Co-requisites

Notes

Course participants must have a commitment to the inclusion of learners with autism spectrum disorders and have access to an appropriate setting for the purpose f undertaking the assessment task and gaining practical experience.

Overview

The course aims to build upon knowledge, skills and understanding gained at certificate level. Participants will critically explore policym practice, issues and themes specific to adolescent and adult learners on the spectrum, and gain practical experience in developing appropriate and effective approaches and interventions designed to enhance independence, confidence, participation and learning in a variety of contexts.

Topics will include:

- Adolescence into Adulthood: Policy, Legislation, Service Provision and their Implications
- Growing Up With Autism: Coping with Diagnosis/Developing Self-Understanding and Independence
- Growing Up With Autism: Relationships, Sexuality, Mental Health and Well-Being
- Transition Planning ineto Adult Services, Employment, Further Education...
- Learning For Life: Approaches and Interventions

Structure

Six days of face to face contact, including a mixture of presentations, discussionsm group activities, individual reflective activities, DVDs and speaker inputs.

Assessment

Formative assessment is an ongoing feature of the course and will take place through discussions, group activities and individual reflective and evaluative activities. Participants will also be asked to keep a Professional Diary.

Summative assessment will take the form of one 8000-word assignment (written or mixed media) focused directly on workplace applications.

There will be one opportunity to re-submit assignments that have been revised to take account of tutor feedback.

ED50HH - International Education

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Professional Perspectives in Education. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Notes

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

Core
Specialisms
 International Education
– Principles, Policy and Practice
– International Benchmarking
– Comparative Studies & Methodology

 The Impact of Globalization & the Global Economy
– International Relations
– International Organisations  Fair Trade
 Sustainable Development
 Climate Change
 Cultures and Traditions
 Leadership
 European Dimension

 Global Citizenship
– Social Justice
– Human Rights
– Values and Ethics

 Critical Reflection
– Impact on practice
– Learning and teaching approaches
– Links with Curriculum for Excellence

Structure

For face-to-face = 6 one hour lectures, 6 x 3 hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 2 x 3 hours group support tutorials

Assessment

1st attempt: 1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 6,000 words) 100%
This will take the form of a professional enquiry with a supporting portfolio of evidence.
Resit: One opportunity to resubmit the 6,000 word assignment

ED50JA - Understanding Learneres in Further Education (TQFE Masters Route)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Lorna Johnson

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

Notes

Available only to students who have a degree or equivalent and who are currently employed in Further Education.

This course is compulsory for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching qualification (Further Education).

Overview

The core component of the Initial Professional Standards is the importance of the learner in Further Education. This course focuses on providing the participant with anadvanced understanding of the diverse needs of the learners and theories which underpin their learning. Additionally, this course will explore the identity of the Further education lecturer and develop their ideas of reflective practice.

- Professional identity
- Ideologies
- Reflection
- Self-evaluation
- Models of professional development
- Learners and learner needs
- Diviersity/inclusiveness
- Learner theories

Structure

Distance learning online materials with face-to-face or online support arrangements as negotiated with Further Education colleges.

For example, model with face-toface support: 1x5.5. hour workshop per class group, 3x 2.5 workshops per class group, 2x 0.5 hour tutorials per pair/small group.

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%)

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment one assignment, equivalent to a total of 3000-4000 words, taking account of different reporting formats.

The assignment will require participants to draw on current research when making informed analysis of learners and their needs through a case study and a reflection on 'Me as a Learner' in different learning situations.

Participants will have one opportunity to resubmit the assignment following advice from the tutor.

ED50JB - Facilitating Learning in Further Education (TQFE Masters Route)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Lorna Johnson

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

Notes

Available only to students who have a degree and who are currently employed in Further Education.

Overview

The aim of the course is to introduce skills and underpinning knowledge associated with a range of teaching, learning, assessment and evaluation strategies that are selected, planned and applied in the context of relevant courses and programmes.

- Learning theories
- Planning
- Activities and strategies
- Resources
- Management, including behaviour
- Assessing
- Evaluation

Structure

Distance learning online materials with support arrangements as negotiated with Further Education colleges.

For example, model with face-toface support: 1x5.5 hour workshop per class group, 3x2.5 hour workshops per class group, 2x0.5 hour tutorials per pair/small groups.

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%).

Students will take responsibility for compiling a portfolio based on designing and documenting an innovative learning experience, demonstrating an informed understanding of strategies for learning, teaching and assessment.

Components (equivalent to 3000-4000 words in total):
- Annotated lesson Plan and Learning Resource(s)
- Evaluation
- Reflective Comment.

Paryicipants will have one opportunity to resubmit the assignment following advice from the tutor.

ED50JC - Professional Issues in Further Education (TQFE Masters Route)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Lorna Johnson

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

Notes

Available only to students who have a degree and who are currently employed in Further Education.

This course is compulsory for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Qualification (Further Education).

Overview

The aims of this course are:
- to develop an advanced understanding of quality standards in a Further Education environment.
- to be responsive to legislative, political, economic, social and technological change.
- to develop best professional practice for the benefit of learners, partner organisations and the wider educational environment.

Content:
- Quality standards
- Policies, systems, discourse
- Systems theory
- Stakeholders
- Ethics
- Guidance
- Working with colleagues
- Responsibilities
- Self-evaluation.

Structure

Distance learning online materials with face-to-face or online support arrangements as negotiated with Further Education colleges.

For examplem, model with face-face support: 1x5.5 hour workshop per class group, 3x2.5 hour workshops per class group, 2x0.5 hour tutorials per pair/small group.

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%).

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment one assignment, equivalent to a total of 3000-4000 words, taking account of different reporting formats.

The assignment will require participants to draw on current research in presenting a critical account of an external influence in Further Education, and in compiling a personal and professional development plan arising from analysis of ways in which external influences in Further Education are managed by the participant,

Components:
- a critical account of an external influence in Further Education
- a personal and professional development plan.

Partcipants will have one opportunity to resubmit the assignment following advice from the tutor.

ED50JD - Teaching Experience in Further Education (TQFE Masters Route)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Lorna Johnson

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

Notes

Avaliable only to students who have a degree and who are currently employed in further Education.

This course is compulsory for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Qualification (Further Education).

Overview

This course covers the application in practice of relevant Initial Professional standards for Lecturers in Further Education.

Structure

Distance learning online materials with face-toface or online support arrangements as negoiated with Further Education colleges.

Assessment

Continuous assessment (100%).

Students will take responsibility for compiling a portofolio of evidence of current teaching competence in Further Education.

Students will take responsibility for comiling a portfolio of evidence of current teaching competence in Further Education.

Components of the portfolio are:
- One Observation of Teaching by University staff
- One Observation of teaching by Further Education College Co-tutor
- College Report by Line Manager
- Reflective Teaching Log
- Teaching Experience Agreement.

Participants will have one opportunity to resubmit the Reflective Teaching Log following advice from the tutor.

Other components of the portfolio will be sibject to one further assessment opportunity following advice from the tutor.

ED50JJ - Exploring Leadership

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Audrey Hendry

Pre-requisites

Successful completion of SEPD module, Chartered Teacher programme (CT programme participants only)

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

 Leadership as an organisational quality
 Dimensions of leadership
 Experiencing leadership
 Exploring values, aims and leadership abilities
 Evaluating leadership in context

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50KA - Exploring Leadership

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

 Leadership as an organisational quality
 Dimensions of leadership
 Experiencing leadership
 Exploring values, aims and leadership abilities
 Evaluating leadership in context

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1/2/3 assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words. Assessment will be criterion-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of feedback to the original.

ED50LA - Change Knowledge

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The following topics will form the core of the course:

• School Culture
• Change Models
• Situational Analysis & Change
• Change, Resistance & Conflict
• Re-culturing Organisations

Structure

The course will be available in different formats, the balance of which will be negotiated with individual applicants and education authorities.

A directed study programme with set reading, reflective activities and school based tasks involving project planning and implementation will support a seminar programme. The seminar programme will explore the key concepts underpinning the course and relate them to practice. Within the seminar programme there will be a mixture of tutor input, group discussions and individual support.

The taught element, available at a distance, on line or face to face where viable, will explore the key concepts underpinning the course and relate them to practice. Half of the notional student effort will be directed toward professional action.

Assessment

1st Attempt: The summative instrument for this module will be literature review of aspects of change processes and an organisational situational analysis in a 3000-4000 word or equivalent submission. Assessment will be criteria-based.

Resit: A revised version of the appropriate part of the assessment will be required in the event of a submission failing to meet the assessment criteria.

ED50LB - Small- Scale Project Leadership

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The content of the course is designed to support participants through a small scale project, either based in their own classrooms or where appropriate as part of school based development work.

The following topics will form the core of the course.

• Using the management cycle
(describing one approach to the management cycle, auditing current practice, demonstrating improvement)
• Writing a project plan
(constructing a sound rationale, writing aims, objectives and success criteria, detailed action tasks)
• Implementing and sustaining small scale project plans
(setting and keeping to timescales, overcoming resistance, keeping others informed)
• Demonstrating your achievements
(what is monitoring and evaluation, strategies for demonstrating improvement, sharing your work with others, identifying next steps)

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: The summative assessment instrument reflects the emphasis on professional action. For this course the summative assessment will be a project report, consisting of a completed project plan, evidence of implementation and a presentation detailing implementation, review and evaluation strategies and project outcomes.

Length of submission 6000 - 8000 words plus associated evidence.

Assessment will be criteria-based.

Resit: A revised version of the appropriate part of the assessment will be required in the event of a submission failing to meet the assessment criteria.

ED50LC - Leading and Managing Learning and Teaching

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The content of the course is designed to support participants through an evaluation of learning and teaching and drawing up recommendations for improvement.

The following topics will form the core of the course.

• revisiting learning and teaching theories
• learning and teaching in an inclusive environment
• developing learning and teaching to support effective learning
• curriculum evaluation
• creating a learning and teaching policy.

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: For this module the summative assessment will be the creation and presentation of a draft Learning and Teaching Policy, draft CPD Programme and associated support materials or an equivalent and a report on the rationale underpinning in the construction of the policy, programme or equivelent.

Length of submission 3000 - 4000 words plus associated evidence.

Assessment will be criteria-based.

Resit: A revised version of the appropriate part of the assessment will be required in the event of a submission failing to meet the assessment criteria.

ED50LD - Leading and Developing People and Teams

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The following topics will form the core of the course.

• principle-led human resource management
• the contribution of teams to organisational effectiveness
• forming and maintaining high performance teams
• developing and implementing a collegiate project plan
• communication, delegation and managing conflict.

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: The assessment instrument for this module will in three parts. Taken together these will total 6000 – 8000 plus associated evidence. Part 1 will involve a literature review on an appropriate aspect of leadership. Part 2 will focus on self-evaluation of professional abilities and interpersonal skill related to leading individuals and teams. Part 3 will be a case study of team working in the organisation.

Assessment will be criteria- based.

Resit: A revised version of the appropriate part of the assessment will be required in the event of a submission failing to meet the assessment criteria.

ED50LE - Leading and Managing Professional Development

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

 Models of adult learning
 Learning Organisations
 Defining CPD
 Identifying Needs
 Designing and Implementing a short CPD programme
 Monitoring and Evaluation: The impact of CPD
 Exploring your communication and presenting skills

Structure

Assessment

1st attempt: Participants will audit professional development needs within their own organisation and working with others will design, implement and evaluate a short CPD programme in their setting. Participants will self-evaluate their own professional practice related to this task.

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1/2/3 assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 – 8000 words with associated evidence based on the development and delivery of the programme. Assessment will be criterion-based.
Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take account of feedback to the original.

ED50LF - International Education

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Professional Perspectives in Education. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Notes

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

Structure

For face-to-face = 6 one hour lectures, 6 x 3 hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 2 x 3 hours group support tutorials

Assessment

ED50LL - Professional Enquiry

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Mix of lectures, tutorials and group work + individual tutorial time.

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment assignment(s) equivalent to a total of 6000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED50MC - Mentoring and Coaching

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Self-Evaluation & Professional Development. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only

Notes

Overview

Structure

For face-to-face = 6 one hour lectures, 6 x 3 hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 2 x 3 hours group support tutorials

Assessment

ED50MM - Dissertation/Work-based Project

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

120 credits at SCQF Level 11

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50NN - Negotiated Independent Study

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The aims of this module are to provide opportunities for participants to acquire advanced knowledge or understanding in the area of an identified project or investigation relevant to their studies and to practise and acquire skills necessary for advanced independent study.

Structure

Assessment

ED50P1 - Practice 1 - Engaging and Working with Communities

Credit Points
Course Coordinator: Karen McArdle

Pre-requisites

Notes

This forms part of the PgDip in Community Learning and Development for which there is a set programme of courses.

Overview

The aim of the course is to provide experience in practice linked to the competences as approved by the professional body CeVe.

The course will provide practical experience in knowledge, skills and attributes required to engage and work effectively with communities in a Scottish community learning and development context to work towards individual and community change.

Topics include:

- Discipline contexts and discourses (e.g. economic, sociological, anthropological)
- Policy frameworks for community learning and development (international, national, regional and local)
- Characteristics of communities
- Skills of community profiling
- Approaches and skills of generating social capital
- Approaches and skills of community capacity building

Structure

20 hours - comprising one and a half day workshop and tutorial support.

Assessment

Observation of practice; community profile (3000-word report).

There will be one opportunity to resubmit work completed as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

A repeat observation may be held where inadequacies are identified.

ED50P2 - Practice 2 - Empowering Relationships in Community Learning and Development

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Karen McArdle

Pre-requisites

Notes

The course is part of PgDip in Community Learning and Development.

Overview

The aim of the course is to assist participants to acquire advanced knowledge and understanding of relationships and how these may be used to empower individuals and groups to address issues linked to their own development.

Topics include:

- Theory linked to power and empowerment in a community context (Rogers, Freiere, Foucault)
- Beginning and Ending professional relationships
- Forging and Developing relationships - values and skills
- Relationship paradigms (coaching, guidance, mentoring, counselling)
- Working with groups
- Leadership roles
- Use of ICT in an empowering context
- Theory and practice of individual and community change

Structure

20 hours - comprising one and a half day workshop and tutorials.

Assessment

Dicussion and critical analysis of a successful empowering relationship (equivalent of 6,000 words.) Report to be presented using video or other media evidence. Line Manager's report linked to the competences of CeVe.

There will be one opportunity to resubmit work complted as revised to take accoint of identified inadequacies in the original.

A second line manager's report will be sought after the student has addressed any limitations.

ED50P3 - Practice 3 - Stages and Settings of Lifelong Learning

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Karen McArdle

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The aim of the course is to intriduce participants to a range of stages and settings commonly part of the professional demesne of community learning and development. Participants will develop the skills and flexibility required to work in different domains.

Topics include:

- History and discourses linked to stages and settings of community learning and development (e.g. youth work, adult education, multicultural education, disability, rural and urban issues, ABE, homelessness)
- Social Practices models of lifelong learning
- Identification of rationale and focus for work with identified groups or individuals
- Analysis of needs, wants and desires
- Devise relevant and appropriate intervention linked to changes
- Evaluate effectiveness of intervention

Structure

One and a half day workshop annd tutorial time.

Assessment

Observed practice; discussion and critical analysis of 2 contrasting stages and settings with which the participant has been enagaged (6000 words).

There will be one opportunity to resubmit work completed, as revised to take account of identified inadequacies in the original.

A repeat observation may be hled where inadequacies are identified.

ED50P4 - Practice 4 - Designing and Managing in a Community Setting

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Karen McArdle

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The aim of the course is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and attributes required to design and manage lifelong learning in a range of contrasting settings.

Topics include:

- Professional roles and interdisciplinary practice
- Planning and managing change in a community setting
- Management Discourses and styles of leadership
- Planning and implementing projects
- Self-motivation and self management
- Policy and procedural links to practice
- Identifying and using Resources
- Budget management

Structure

20 hours - 2 day workshop and tutorial time.

Assessment

Line Manager's Report.
Presentation of a project designed and managed by participant identifying strengths and limitations (equivalent of 6000 words). A 15 minute presentation will be made to peers who will provide formative feedback and summative assessment with the process managed by university tutor.

There will be one opportunity to resubmit work, as revised to take account of indentified inadequacies in the original.

A second line manager's report will be sought after the student has addressed any limiatations.

ED50PP - Negotiated Extended Study

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

Structure

This module may be available in both contact and distance learning formats with optional support and interaction through computer mediated communication. Participants will complete a series of tutorials, readings and practical activities as appropriate in preparation for completion of an independent study or development. Additional contact-based elements of delivery may be added where circumstances allow (up to an overall total of 40 hours).

Assessment

ED50QQ - Mentoring and Coaching

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Self-Evaluation & Professional Development. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Notes

Overview

Structure

For face-to-face = 6 one hour lectures, 6 x 3 hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 2 x 3 hours group support tutorials

Assessment

ED50ST - Exploring Leadership

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

Successful completion of SEPD module, Chartered Teacher programme (CT programme participants only)

Overview

 Leadership as an organisational quality
 Dimensions of leadership
 Experiencing leadership
 Exploring values, aims and leadership abilities
 Evaluating leadership in context

Structure

Assessment

ED50SU - Change Knowledge

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

The following topics will form the core of the course:

• School Culture
• Change Models
• Situational Analysis & Change
• Change, Resistance & Conflict
• Re-culturing Organisations

Structure

Assessment

ED50SV - Small- Scale Project Leadership

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50SW - Leading and Managing Learning and Teaching

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50SX - Leading and Developing People and Teams

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50SY - Leading and Managing Professional Development

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

N/A

Overview

Structure

Assessment

ED50SZ - International Education

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Professional Perspectives in Education. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Notes

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

Structure

For face-to-face = 6 one hour lectures, 6 x 3 hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 2 x 3 hours group support tutorials

Assessment

ED5139 - Education for All - Developing Inclusive Practice in the Classroom

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

Core course: Self-Evaluation and Professional Development

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

· social justice and the key principles of inclusion
· pertinent legislation; policy guidelines
· exploration of inclusive practice in the classroom
· the holistic needs of children
· the interaction of the affective and cognitive aspects of learning
· the principles of pupil-centred learning
· active/experiential learning; taking account of learning styles; multiple intelligences
· developing the pupil/teacher learning partnership
· enhancement of interpersonal skills
· positive behaviour management strategies, self-esteem, avoiding confrontation.
· inclusive strategies to support pupils with a range of additional needs in a mainstream classroom

Structure

Regular support at a distance including 2 hours of tutor input per student.

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED513A - Understanding and using Research (Aberdeen)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course seeks to help students engage critically with research publications in order to gain insight that may be applied to improve practice. Participants are given the understanding and skills they need to seek out and critique a selection of the literature relevant to a particular professional interest.

Structure

10 one hour lectures, 4 two hour seminars and 1 one hour tutorial.

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED513B - Understanding and Using Research (Inverness)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

10 one hour lectures, 4 two hour seminars and 1 one hour tutorial.

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED513C - Understanding and Using Research (Elearning)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Regular support at a distance including 2 hours of tutor input per student.

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED513G - Dissertation/Work-based Project(CTP)

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Norman Coutts

Pre-requisites

120 credits at SCQF Level 11

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

The final summative assessment is a 15,000 – 18,000 word assignment presented as a formal dissertation or work-based project report. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED5144 - Consultancy

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

This is a course which sits within the PG Award in Inclusive Practice. Participants should have a commitment to current philosophy and principles in relation to working with learners who have additional support needs. They should have access to an educational setting for the purposes of undertaking the assessment task and for gaining practical experience.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

The significance of the consultancy role in the effective management of personal, multi-disciplinary and inter-agency work has been highlighted consistently and it is recognised that inclusive practice is predicated on the development of systems and practices which are characterised by collaboration and consultation. This trend in the area of additional support needs is set against a background of a growing recognition of the importance of collaborative cultures in education and an approach to research and development which values collaborative action research. This course explores in an analytical and reflective manner the issues raised above.

Structure

10 one hour lectures, 4 two hour seminars and 1 one hour tutorial.

For Distance Learning = regular support at a distance including two hours of tutor input per student

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED5145 - Curriculum Development

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

This is a course which sits within the PG award in Inclusive Practice. Participants should have a commitment to current philosophy and principles in relation to working with learners who have additional support needs.They should have access to an educational setting for the purposes of undertaking the assessment task and for gaining practical experience.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

School based curriculum development is recognised as the most effective means of achieving a match between the needs of learners and the demands of the curriculum. For learners with additional support needs, access to an appropriate curriculum can only be achieved successfully if teachers understand the cyclical nature of the process of curriculum development; recognise the key features of effective design and implementation and employ a systematic framework for evaluation. This course is designed to assist practitioners in acquiring enhanced skills in all these elements within the context of the National Priorities and the legislative framework for additional support needs.

Structure

For Face-to-Face = 10 one hour lecture, 4 two hour seminars and 1 one hour tutorial

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED514A - Alternatives to Exclusion (Aberdeen)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

Participants must be working within a postgraduate programme in Inclusive Practice.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course explores a range of issues in response to children and young people who display social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and are likely to be excluded from school. There will be:
·an emphasis on the inclusive nature of Scottish Education
·clarification of the purposes of exclusion and relevant aspects of legislation
·principles of good practice at education authority and school levels
·encouragement to evaluate the use of exclusion and to develop positive approaches to behaviour management. Recent research is used to give a theoretical framework and to inform practice at whole-school and classroom level.

Structure

For Face-to-Face = 10 one hour lectures, 4 two hour seminars and 1 one hour tutorial
For Distance Learning = regular support at a distance including two hours of tutor input per student

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED514B - Alternatives to Exclusion (Inverness)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

Participants must be working within a postgraduate programme in Inclusive Practice.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

Structure

For Face-to-Face = 10 one hour lectures, 4 two hour seminars and 1 one hour tutorial
For Distance Learning = regular support at a distance including two hours of tutor input per student

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED514C - Alternatives to Exclusion (E-Learning)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

Participants must be working within a postgraduate programme in Inclusive Practice.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course explores a range of issues in response to children and young people who display social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and are likely to be excluded from school. There will be:
·an emphasis on the inclusive nature of Scottish Education
·clarification of the purposes of exclusion and relevant aspects of legislation
·principles of good practice at education authority and school levels
·encouragement to evaluate the use of exclusion and to develop positive approaches to behaviour management.
Recent research is used to give a theoretical framework and to inform practice at whole-school and classroom level.

Structure

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED5151 - Partnership and Collaboration

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Barbara Hookey

Pre-requisites

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course is central to the learning and teaching of those involved in the field of additional support needs. It raises awareness of the issues related to enhancing the range of relationships which are at the core of effective collaborative work. It sets out to develop a clear understanding of the attitudes, skills and processes involved in interpersonal relationships, which are developed and set within the context of multi-professional practice. It considers the application of systems of collaboration, cooperation and shared responsibility and their interaction in the best interests of the learner, the family/carers and colleagues.

Structure

10 one hour lectures, 4 two hour seminars and 1 one hour tutorial

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED5152 - Promoting Effective Learning and Teaching

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

Participants must be working within a post graduate programme in Inclusive Practice

Co-requisites

None

Notes

None

Overview

This course aims to consider the learner in context in order to identify the complexity of factors which may constitute barriers to effective learning. Participants will examine recent research in effective learning and teaching including multiple intelligence theory, cognitive approaches and brain-based learning. Critical analysis of the curriculum and school organisation will be considered in relation to pupils with additional support needs, including behavioural support needs. Appropriate responses will be based on collaborative approaches within a framework of good inclusive practice.

Structure

10 one hour lectures, 4 two hour seminars and 1 one hour tutorial

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4000 words) 100%

ED5161 - Therapeutic Process in Counselling

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Alison Shoemark

Pre-requisites

Entry to the Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling

Co-requisites

Completion of courses 1 and 2

Notes

None

Overview

This course extends and develops the practice of counselling skills. It enhances the knowledge which supports a therapeutic relationship by introducing conceptual frameworks for understanding the process of therapy. It applies these theories to personal and professional development. The personal and professional development aspects of the course will centre on the development of the essential skills and core personal qualities which form the basis of a safe therapeutic relationship. Within the supportive environment of ongoing personal development groups, supervision groups and the course community group students will continue to have the opportunity for the continuing development of personal and professional awareness. Feedback from peers and tutors will encourage the development of realistic self assessment within the counselling relationship.

Structure

10 days, one day per week. Each day will provide a mix of small and large group workshop based activity, lectures and seminars.

Assessment

1 piece of written course work (100%) ongoing self and peer assessment

ED517A - Accreditation of Prior Learning - 1

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

N/A

Co-requisites

Maintained CPD portfolio

Notes

This course is open to teachers, with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

Representation of 150 notional hours of study linked to the standard for the Chartered Teacher Programme.

Structure

Face to face seminar and distance learning.

Assessment

Demonstration that the standard achieved is at the level appropriate for post-graduate study, plus evidence of professional action linked to the Standard for the Chartered Teacher Programme.

ED517B - Accreditation of Prior Learning - 2

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

Completion of core module Self Evaluation and Professional Development:

Co-requisites

Maintained CPD portfolio

Notes

This course is open to teachers, with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

Representation of 150 notional hours of study linked to the standard for the Chartered Teacher Programme.

Structure

Face to face seminar and distance learning.

Assessment

Demonstration that the standard achieved is at the level appropriate for post-graduate study, plus evidence of professional action linked to the Standard for the Chartered Teacher Programme.

ED517C - Accreditation of Prior Learning - 3

Credit Points: 45
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

Completion of core module Self Evaluation and Professional Development:

Co-requisites

Maintained CPD portfolio

Notes

This course is open to teachers, with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

Representation of 150 notional hours of study linked to the standard for the Chartered Teacher Programme.

Structure

Face to face seminar and distance learning.

Assessment

Demonstration that the standard achieved is at the level appropriate for post-graduate study, plus evidence of professional action linked to the Standard for the Chartered Teacher Programme.

ED517D - Accreditation of Prior Learning - 4

Credit Points: 60
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

Completion of core module Self Evaluation and Professional Development:

Co-requisites

Maintained CPD portfolio

Notes

This course is open to teachers, with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

Representation of 150 notional hours of study linked to the standard for the Chartered Teacher Programme.

Structure

Face to face seminar and distance learning.

Assessment

Demonstration that the standard achieved is at the level appropriate for post-graduate study, plus evidence of professional action linked to the Standard for the Chartered Teacher Programme.

ED518F - Mentoring (Aberdeen)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Self-Evaluation and Professional Development. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

* Learning communities and collegiality
* Models of mentoring
* Mentoring as a form of professional learning
- Adult learning
* Mentoring and induction
- principle-centred induction and procedural-led induction
* Relationships, quality of interactions, issues of power, ethics and confidentiality appropriate balance between personal and professional roles core conditions
* Mentoring Roles
-coach
-role model
-advocate
-critical friend
-accumulator
* Mentoring Activities
- climate setting
- listening, motivating and encouraging
- reviewing
- dialogic challenge and negotiation
- observation and formative feedback
* The process of mentoring - different stages: different skills. Egan's model
* Skills, qualities and attributes
* Values and attitudinal qualities
* Interpersonal skills

Structure

4 one hour lectures, 3 two hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 1 hour tutorial

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4,000 words) 100%

ED518G - Mentoring (Inverness)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Self-Evaluation and Professional Development. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

* Learning communities and collegiality
* Models of mentoring
* Mentoring as a form of professional learning
- Adult learning
* Mentoring and induction
- principle-centred induction and procedural-led induction
* Relationships, quality of interactions, issues of power, ethics and confidentiality, appropriate balance between personal and professional roles, core conditions
* Mentoring Roles
-coach
-role model
-advocate
-critical friend
-accumulator
* Mentoring Activities
- climate setting
- listening, motivating and encouraging
- reviewing
- dialogic challenge and negotiation
- observation and formative feedback
* The process of mentoring - different stages: different skills. Egan's model
* Skills, qualities and attributes
* Values and attitudinal qualities
* Interpersonal skills

Structure

4 one hour lectures, 3 two hour seminars, 5 two hour skills practice sessions and 1 hour tutorial

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4,000 words) 100%

ED518H - Mentoring (E-Learning)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Leila Holm

Pre-requisites

The successful completion of the core compulsory module Self-Evaluation and Professional Development. This applies to Chartered Teacher Programme participants only.

Co-requisites

None

Notes

This course is open to teachers, lecturers and other professionals with appropriate qualifications and experience working in an educational or education related context.

Overview

* Learning communities and collegiality
* Models of mentoring
* Mentoring as a form of professional learning
- Adult learning
* Mentoring and induction
- principle-centred induction and procedural-led induction
* Relationships, quality of interactions, issues of power, ethics and confidentiality, appropriate balance between personal and professional roles, core conditions
* Mentoring Roles
-coach
-role model
-advocate
-critical friend
-accumulator
* Mentoring Activities
- climate setting
- listening, motivating and encouraging
- reviewing
- dialogic challenge and negotiation
- observation and formative feedback
* The process of mentoring - different stages: different skills. Egan's model
* Skills, qualities and attributes
* Values and attitudinal qualities
* Interpersonal skills

Structure

Assessment

1 written summative assignment (equivalent to 4,000 words) 100%

ED51AB - Alternatives to Exclusion (Guidance f2f)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Overview

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including 1 hour individual tutorial.

Assessment

The course will normally be assessed synoptically with Participation and Learning through the submission of a summative 6000 word assignment.
Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 synoptic assignment equivalent to a total of 6000 words which will draw from the work of two courses. Assessment will be criterion-based.

ED51AC - Alternatives to Exclusion (Guidance E-Learning)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Cate Watson

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Overview

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including 1 hour individual tutorial.

Assessment

ED51AD - Enterprise - principles, practice and contexts(Guidance)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jayne Bruce/Lindsay MacDougall

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Overview

Structure

Assessment

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment 1 assignment equivalent to a total of 3/4000 words taking account of different reporting formats. Assessment will be criteria-based.

ED51AE - Literacy Difficulties and Dyslexia ( Aberdeen)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

ED50BM Exploring Difference and Diversity

Co-requisites

None

Overview

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including one hour’s individual tutorial.

Assessment

ED51AF - Literacy Difficulties and Dyslexia (Inverness)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

ED50BM Exploring Difference and Diversity

Co-requisites

None

Overview

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including one hour’s individual tutorial.

Assessment

ED51AG - Literacy Difficulties and Dyslexia ( E-Learning)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Jane Mott

Pre-requisites

ED50BM Exploring Difference and Diversity

Co-requisites

None

Overview

Structure

Teaching will be a mixture of lecture and group workshops including one hour’s individual tutorial.

Assessment

ED555A - Using ICT to Empower the Professional in Practice (On-Campus)

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: Terry Allan

Pre-requisites

ICT: Opportunities for Professional Empowerment

Co-requisites

None

Overview

Through an experiential and practical process this course addresses and examines the value of communication, collaboration and co-operation in participant centred applications and situations and their potential impact on professional practice. Developing personal and group use of readily available Internet-based software and technologies will be central to the work of the course with applications and exemplification taken from business, commerce, industry, education, medicine, the caring professions and from situations which might be regarded as purely leisure pursuits. As far as possible group work applications will be matched to participants’ academic programmes and career aspirations.

Structure

3 one hour lectures (1 per week for first 3 weeks). 12 one hour participant lead group activities. (1 per week). 8 two hour workshop activities (1 per week). 3 three hour BarCamp/unconference events (weeks 4, 6, 8) (Total 40 hours).

Assessment

Formative and peer assessment will be key features of the course, reflecting its collaborative and cooperative work focus. For summative assessment purposes two assignments will be set. Firstly, Participants will submit an online portfolio of evidence to illustrate that learning outcomes have been attained. This will include links to personal contributions to online course-based activities (70%) and will provide a focus for formative peer evaluation. Secondly, participants will submit a reflective commentary on their new learning and its significance for their development and extended professionalism (30%). In total the assessments will be the equivalent of 6000-8000 words in length, taking account of different reporting formats.

ED55BA - Inter professional Practice in Children's Services

Credit Points: 30
Course Coordinator: None

Pre-requisites

Experience of inter-professional working.

Co-requisites

Recent/current practice in health, education, social care or related professions.

Overview

This course examines key concepts and related readings and research regarding interprofessional practice including:
- concepts of tradition, modernisation and innovation
- boundary working and brokering
- articulation of identities
- building new communities of practice
- value based understandings and meanings across professions.

Predominant concerns to be considered include:
- current cultural social and political imperatives, and policy and legislative frameworks influencing service development
- inter professional team working and collaborative practice
- integrating service users' perspectives in service development and delivery
- evidence-based practice
- the evaluation of innovative service provision
- the role of reflective practice in inter professional working.

Structure

4 x 6 hour workshops and seminars
2 x 2 hour group tutorials
Web based materials
To assist learning and reflection students will be expected to maintain a learning journal.

Assessment

1st attempt: Portfolio of evidenced based practice accompanied by reflective paper (6,000 words).

Resit: Candidates will resit only failed components of the portfolio. This also applies to the accompanying reflective paper.

ED55HA - Making Sense of Behaviour (in Autism Spectrum Disorder)

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Meg Taylor

Pre-requisites

Participants must have completed courses 1 and 2 of the MEd in autism and Learning.

Notes

Overview

This course aims to give participants an understanding of the beahviours demonstrated by individuals on the autism specturm and equip them with a variety of strategies and approaches to support these learners.

Topics will include:

- Constructions of behaviour
- Impacts of contexts and values
- Theories and perspectives
- Using the autism lens
- Avoidance and prevention of challenging behaviour
- Approaches to functional analysis
- Crisis management
- Risk assessment
- Developing collaborative approaches

Structure

The course will be delivered on three consecutive days of face to face delivery and will include a mixture of presentations, discussions, group activities, individual reflective activities, DVDs and speaker inputs.

Assessment

Formative assessment will be a further feature throughout the course through discussion, group actitivies and individual reflective and evaluative tasks. Participants will also be asked to keep a Professional Diary.

Summative assessment will take the form of a 4000-word submission (written or mixed media) focused directly on workplace applications.

There will be one opportunity to re-submit assignments that have been revised to take account of tutor feedback.

ED58HA - The Autism Friendly School/ Workplace

Credit Points: 15
Course Coordinator: Meg Taylor

Pre-requisites

Participants must have completed courses 1, 2 and 3 of the MEd in Autism and Learning..

Notes

Overview

This course aims to develop participant knowledge and understanding of the policies, structures, forms of organisation and leadership which underpin the development of effective, autism friendly whole-school/ workplace planning and provision for children and young people on the spectrum.

Topics will include:

- National frameworks and developments
- Whole school/workplace policy, practice and provision (including adjustments to transition, discipline and bullying policies)
- Staff awareness and training
- Parental and interprossional collaboration
- Leadership
- Action Planning (whole school/workplace, professional)

Structure

Three days of face to face contact, including a mixture of presentations, dicussions, group activities, individual reflective activities, DVDs and speaker inputs.

Assessment

Formative assessment is an ongoing feature of the course and will take place through discussion, group activities and individual reflective and evaluative activities. Participants will also be asked to keep a Profesional Diary.

Summative assessment will take the form of one 4000-word assignment (written or mixed media) focused directly on workplace applications.

There will be one opportunity to resubmit assignments that have been revised to take account of tutor feedback.