Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM911: Educational Leadership and Management

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The content of the module may change to reflect emerging and developing theory, research, policy and practices in the field of education change, leadership and management. Nevertheless it will consider key ideas, theories, technologies, techniques and practices and content is likely to include:

How are educational institutions led and managed?
What does research tell us about the leadership and management of education in different educational settings?
What means of managing and leading change in educational institutions have emerged and what is their relationship to wider political, social, economic and moral environments?
How are educational institutions and learning monitored and evaluated?
How might practices and techniques associated with mentoring and coaching help facilitate education change?
In what ways do leadership identities emerge and what might be their significance for educational leaders?

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
30	270	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	30	30 hours of in-class sessions including seminars
Guided Independent Study	120	Directed study (e.g. completion of prior knowledge and experience audit, web-based activities, preparing for academic tutorial, preparing for seminars, responding to seminar activities, contributing to online activities/discussion)
Guided Independent Study	50	Directed reading related to topics discussed in the module
Guided Independent Study	100	Preparing for assignments and further independent reading

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

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
Critical reflection: Leading and managing	2,500 words equivalent	1-7	Written tutor 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
Essay: Critical reflection upon leadership	100	5,000 words	1-11	Written and tutor feedback

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
Essay: Critical reflection upon leadership	5,000 words	1-11	6 weeks