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ED50CA: CURRICULUM, CAREERS GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION FOR ENTERPRISE (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

Increasingly carers, teachers and lecturers are expected to take responsibility for aspects of curriculum and careers guidance and the preparation of their youngsters for lifelong learning, education for work and enterprise.

This module would benefit all education staff, community and health workers whose daily work impinges on such areas.

The module covers aspects of all areas below:

  • Gaining knowledge, competence and confidence to give curricular and vocational advice
  • Team approaches to planning and experiential delivery of careers education
  • Supporting development towards skills for life and work within a philosophy of enterprise

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Ms Sandra Paterson

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

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

• 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

Further Information & 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

Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

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.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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