Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM908: Critical Reflection on Professional Practice

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

Module Aims

The aim of this module is to enable you to reflect on your own development as an educator in relation to your professional learning and consider how that learning has impacted on your classroom practice. This module will introduce you to key theoretical perspectives on what it means to be a reflective practitioner and will provide you with an opportunity to create a portfolio of evidence demonstrating how your subject knowledge development has helped you to critically reflect on and revise your classroom 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 conceptual understanding of the nature of critical reflection
2. reflect, with critical awareness, on your own professional practice
3. demonstrate self-direction and originality in collecting, categorising and reflecting on relevant evidence of your own professional learning
Discipline-Specific Skills4. demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge in your subject area
5. review and evaluate critically how your MA academic study has impacted on your own professional practice through close analysis of practice and theory
Personal and Key Skills6. make sound judgements based upon critical reflection
7. critically reflect on your own practice and discuss the implications for future practice

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Bassot, B. (2015) The Reflective Practice Guide . Routledge

Bolton, G. (2014) Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development .   4 th edition. Sage Publications Ltd.

Ghave, T. (2010) Teaching and Learning through Reflective Practice. 2 nd edition. Routledge.  

Johns, C. (2004) Becoming a reflective practitioner. Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell

McGregor , D., and  Cartwright, L. (2011) Developing reflective practice a guide for beginning teachers. Berkshire, England ; New York : Open University Press.

Pollard, A., Black-Hawkins, K., and Cliff Hodges, G. (2014) Reflective Teaching in Schools . 4 th revised edition. Bloomsbury Academic.

York-Barr, J et al (eds) (2006) Reflective practice to improve schools: an action guide for educators. Thousand Oaks, Calif, London: Corwin, SAGE.