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)

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 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
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
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
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
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