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ED50A3: DEVELOPING A THEORY OF PRACTICE 1 (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38


Course Overview

Participants identify successful practice and from that develop a theory of practice. Video analysis software is used to analyse practice (specifically positive practice) and then practice is theorised with the help of identified literature. You will be articulating your theory of practice and testing it out, the process will be:

Identifying Successful Practice → Developing Theory → Looking again at Practice

There are online sessions and learning sets for group tasks. Assessment is through a portfolio of evidence gathered throughout the course of each participant’s engagement with their own practice and relating that to their critical analysis of relevant literature

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Do Coyle

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

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

  • Education (ED) (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

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

  • Identification and sharing of participants’ perceptions of the drivers of effective practice within their professional context. 
  • Reflection and problematisation of these issues and an articulation of these issues through visual mapping exercises.
     
  • Identification of key areas of personal practice as the focus for further enquiry.
  • Critical reading of underlying theories on order to define a vision for future practice.
  • Consideration of different modes of evidence gathering to support an articulation of an initial conceptualisation of a Theory of Practice.

Further Information & Notes

Under normal circumstances participants would be expected to have access to professional practice.

Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


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

Summative Assessments

1st attempt: Assignment based on submission of a professional portfolio consisting of the first iteration of a personal Theory of Practice. Resit: Resubmission of Assignment – 100%.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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