Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19
This course encourages you to consider issues of innovation and change that arise from external and internal influences on the FE sector. It provides an opportunity for you to develop innovative, professional ideas and practice, interlinking theoretical aspects with practice and considering future professional contexts. The course offers an opportunity to reflect on your wider professional role and context, and the different factors that impact on these, taking into consideration, social, political, economic, legislative, and technical changes. This course will help you develop critical responses to a continually changing educational landscape.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course requires participants to undertake an enquiry into a key driver influencing their own area of practice. Participants will collaborate to investigate and understand the drivers and impact of wider influences before considering innovative ways to respond for the benefit of learners and partners in FE. Insights gained will be shared with peers.
Course themes: the changing educational landscape, curriculum development, investigating change and innovation, local to global contexts of vocational education, identifying development needs.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 41 | Feedback Weeks | 44 | |
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This assignment should draw on a professional learning activity delivered to peers; insights gained through original research into an external influence; and reflection on personal and professional learning. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 33 | Feedback Weeks | 36 | |
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This assignment should draw on a peer observation; include a critical review of relevant theory, policy and research; and identify questions for further enquiry. The submitted report should include a justification for the focus on a particular driver in FE, literature and policy review and questions for further enquiry. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
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| Reflection | Evaluate | Critically analyse the impact of social, economic, political, legislative and technological changes in vocational education, drawing on an critical understanding of relevant theory, current policy and |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Enhance professional practice and dialogue for the benefit of learners, partners and the wider educational environment. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and critical understanding of local and global impacts on FE. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Demonstrate critical reflection on practice and skills for professional enquiry in line with expectations for postgraduate study. |
| Reflection | Create | Provide evidence of practice that meets the professional standards for Lecturers in Scotland’s Colleges. |
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