Course Catalogue

- Meet the requirements of the National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination (NASENCo) - Expand their knowledge and understanding in the area of Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision and its coordination through learning based on critical engagement with current education theory, policy, research and practice - Develop critical practice in SEN coordination through analysis of, reflection on and engagement with this knowledge base in their professional settings - Access continuing professional development (CPD) through learning programmes at Masters level.

Acquisition of knowledge and understanding is achieved through a broad range of teaching methods including lectures, tutorials, workshops, seminars, case studies and engagement with theory and research through critical reading, critical reflective practice and the use of appropriate ICT applications. Assessment will be through reflective practice assignments involving a range of assessment methods including, presentations, reports, critical reflection on professional practice accounts and other appropriate activities. Intellectual skills are developed through engagement with literature, theory and policy and through analysis and reflection on real-world professional practice, through a range of learning activities such as, tutorials, seminars, private study and coursework assignments, as appropriate. Usually, coursework assignments require the integration of theory and practice, in order to enable participants to demonstrate the learning outcomes. Intellectual skills are assessed and the mode of assessment is specified in the module handbooks. Assessment will be through reflective practice assignments involving a range of assessment methods including; individual and group work tasks, presentations, essays, reports, critical reflection on professional practice accounts, action research reports and other appropriate activities. The underpinning assessment strategy is reflection on professional practice from a theoretical / research perspective. Practical skills are developed throughout the programme by ensuring that critical approaches to context, policy and learning for education underpin module content and processes. Equally, critical reflection on theory, research and professional practice is a design feature of all modules Practical skills are assessed within the assessment strategies. Assessment will be through reflective practice assignments involving a range of assessment methods including; individual and group work tasks, presentations, essays, reports, critical reflection on professional practice accounts, action research reports and other appropriate activities. Transferable skills are incorporated within modules and related to relevant assessments as appropriate. Transferable skills are related to relevant assessment as appropriate

This programme is designed for professional practitioners to meet the requirements of the National Award for Special Educational Needs coordination (NASENCo). As such the programme incorporates significant elements of work related learning in the professional context of participants, based in their employing institutions.