Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM918: Reflecting on Educational Practices

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

Module Aims

To support and develop your skills as a critically reflective and professional observer
To provide experience as a means of supporting the development of knowledge and skills in practice
To critically explore and problematise the issues and challenges professionals face in real-life education settings
To enrich your existing experience of professional settings and your understanding of the places where education might take place
To develop your understanding of experiential learning and what it means to learn through reflection
To develop employment related skills which will prepare you for future work in the field

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. Gather relevant practical data and critically analyse it for purposes of reflection; 2. Demonstrate ethical professional practices; 3. Critically reflect on your experience and observations and develop a comprehensive and sophisticated argument about what you learnt in relation to theory and policy; 4. Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of: key themes in education practice; areas of interest to you; and their enactment.
Discipline-Specific Skills	5. Construct organised, structured, critically reflective and analytic writing; 6. Critically engage with relevant sources of literature and current debates in education; 7. Reflect on and problematise theory, practice and/or policy with regards to experiences of educational practices.
Personal and Key Skills	8. Demonstrate independent learning, self-management and organisation; 9. Critically reflect on your experiences of educational practices and discuss the implications for future practice; 10. Demonstrate oral and written communication skills.

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
Preparatory module paperwork (e.g. CV; ethics forms)	1,000 words	1, 2, 5, 8-10	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
70	0	30

...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
Individual presentation	30	10 minutes + 5 minutes questions (1,500 words)	1-2, 4, 6-8, 10	Written tutor feedback
Written assignment based on themes drawn from educational experiences of practice	70	5,000 words	1-3, 5-6, 8-10	Written 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
Individual presentation	Submission of written script and slides for presentation (1,500 words)	1-2, 4, 6-8, 10	6 weeks
Written assignment based on themes drawn from educational experiences of practice	Written assignment based on themes drawn from placement (5,000 words)	1-3, 5-6, 8-10	6 weeks