Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM907: Creativity in Education: Valuing, Facilitating and Assessing It

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

Module Aims

  • To develop understanding of the key concept of creativity and its value in education.
  • To provide an introduction to a range of philosophical standpoints towards creativity within and across disciplines.
  • To provide an introduction to important pedagogical issues for creativity in learning and teaching
  • To consider creativity within and across disciplines including the arts and sciences in different cultural contexts from the stances of theory, policy and practice.

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 Skills1. demonstrate a critical understanding of the nature and value of creativity in education;
2. demonstrate a critical understanding of creativity in relation to learning in different disciplines;
Discipline-Specific Skills3. critically reflect upon and evaluate your own approach or that of other specialist practitioners to fostering creativity in learning and teaching;
4. critically appraise the module content in order to question and inform your own research interests or professional practice;
Personal and Key Skills5. 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. work collaboratively in small groups with peers; and
8. present ideas verbally and through writing and 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 assessmentSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Face to face or online presentation1500 word equivalence/ 10 minutes in length1-8Verbal from tutor or 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.

CourseworkWritten examsPractical exams
10000

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

Form of assessment% of creditSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Written assignment 402,500 words1-6, 8Written and verbal from tutor
Reflective portfolio and commentary 503,500 words1-6, 8Written and verbal from tutor
Reflective summary of contributions to online discussions10500 words1-8Written from tutor

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 assessmentForm of re-assessmentILOs re-assessedTimescale for re-assessment
Written Assignment2500 words1-6, 86 weeks
Written Assignment3500 words1-6, 86 weeks
Reflective summary of contributions to online discussions500 words1 - 86 weeks