Module EFPM271 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM271: SEN: Provision and Practice
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to enable you to:
- develop a critical knowledge and understanding of the special needs and inclusive education system/s in England
- critically examine legislation, policy and practice at various levels e.g. national, local, school, classroom
- provide direct experience of schooling as a means of supporting your development of knowledge and skills in practice
- support your further development as critically reflective and professional practitioners
- relate your understandings of the English system to your own experiences (either in the UK or internationally)
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate critical understanding of socio-political processes in relation to organisation and management of special and inclusive education 2. Gather relevant practical data (e.g. field notes and observation data) and critically analyse it for purposes of reflection 3. Critically reflect on your practical experience of classroom processes, support systems in schools 4. Demonstrate ethical professional practices |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. Critically engage in the relationship between theory and practice 6. Problematise practice in terms of disability/difference/special educational needs/inclusion 7. Compare and contrast different perspectives 8. Handle relevant sources of literature and engage in current debates 9. Construct organised, structured, critically reflective and analytic writing |
Personal and Key Skills | 10. Demonstrate critical and analytic thinking 11. Demonstrate independent learning, self-management and organisation 12. Demonstrate oral and written communication skills 14. Demonstrate the ability to locate and use learning resources 15. Demonstrate information technology skills 16. Demonstrate the capacity to work in groups |
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 |
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Written analytic account of SEN systems (based on students own experience and/or students own country) | 1000 words | 1, 5, 6, 8, 9,10-14 | Written tutor comments |
Paired presentation about school visit | 15 minutes (1500 words equivalent) | 3-6, 10-15 | Tutor and peer oral feedback |
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 |
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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 |
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Written assignment based on themes drawn from school placement experience | 100 | 5,000 words | 1-14 | Formal written tutor feedback and grade |
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 |
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Written assignment based on themes drawn from school placement experience (5000 words) | Written assignment based on themes drawn from school placement experience (5000 words) | 1-14 | 6 weeks |