Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM150: Aspirational Practice for Early Career Teachers

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Aims

The module aims to:

develop further your understanding of good pedagogy
explore your own resilience in teaching
enable you to further develop your own good practice in key areas of your choice
consider government policy and recent initiatives in education
develop your critical reflection skills to further improve your practice
maximise your early career experience and aspirations

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here - you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. demonstrate a critical understanding of the nature of learning and teaching; 2. demonstrate a critical understanding of aspects of educational theory and policy and educational initiatives;
Discipline-Specific Skills	3. critically reflect upon and evaluate your own pedagogical approach to develop your own practice; 4. critically appraise the module content in order to question and inform your own professional practice;
Personal and Key Skills	5. synthesise and organise ideas to present an argument; 6. undertake both directed and independent study to recognise, justify and analyse key ideas in the literature and relate to practice; 7. engage in critical reflective debate.

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Review of literature	1,500 words	1-7	Verbal from tutor and peers

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Case Study of own practice (portfolio) with critical reflection	100	6,000 words	1-7	Written

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Case Study of own practice (portfolio) with critical reflection	6,000 words	1-7	6 weeks