Course Catalogue

To develop informed, knowledgeable, outstanding teachers, espousing creativity and research-informed teaching through deliberate practice; To develop students' critical reflection and reflexivity within the field of education and schooling, through analysis, synthesis and evaluation of evidence, theory and practice; To enable students to access, assess and effectively apply educational research, advanced scholarship and new insights from the discipline of education (and other related disciplines) in the classroom; To develop an understanding of the factors that influence effective, inclusive curriculum design and pedagogy and impact on pupils/learners; To provide opportunity for students to achieve their full academic potential at Level 7, through study encouraging self-motivation, self-awareness and application of initiative; To encourage professional accountability informed by an understanding of evidence based practice.

Teaching: The Programme is largely delivered through Online lead lectures, webinars, virtual workshops, and tutorials, with skilled and qualified education tutors. There is some face-face and blended learning opportunities in campus-based seminars/tutorials, and an annual student conference. The teaching approach is designed to enable students to fully engage with the online material - which includes innovative digital resources and a student-led education community blog specifically for the programme, as well as the more traditional teaching materials e.g. electronic presentations, handouts, excerpts of selected reading and templates and briefs to aid learning and assessment. Students will be supported to develop skills in accessing and processing research, guidance and technical information; enabling students to develop conceptual and procedural knowledge. While students will receive individual support and guidance from tutors, they will also form a Community of Practice; working in virtual groups to explore, speculate and evaluate; engaging with problem-finding and problem-solving activities. The students will be encouraged to interact during webinars, virtual workshops and through a PGEducation Blog and Webchat platform; enabling them to reflect on experience and co-construct their understanding of pedagogic and professional matters and issues in education. All modules in the programme emphasise evidence-based practice for teaching in the school context and wider learning environments. Learning: The Community of Practice model embedded in the programme, recognises the breadth of experience and knowledge students bring, along with the experienced programme tutors. This contributes to a rich learning environment, which emphasises drawing on different educational contexts and experiences to share with each other; informing application of innovative approaches to analysing and problem solving in students' own developing practice. Students are also strongly encouraged to discover information for themselves and take responsibility for their own learning, making full use of the interactive online learning opportunities and digital library resources. As an online programme, full use of information and communication technology (ICT) is expected, including the use of email to communicate with tutors. Verbal and written feedback on assignments and teaching fosters reflection, self-awareness and independent learning. The webinars, virtual workshops and online seminars, along with the PGEducation Webchat platform will encourage students to reflect, articulate thoughts and opinions and ask critical questions. Assessment: All students receive general and module specific academic guidance, with specialist induction on the identification, location, and use of materials provided on the programme's digital platform, electronic library resources and other sources they can access more locally. Guidance on the aims, structure and marking of assignments is incorporated into module sessions and documentation - including Assessment Briefings. The grading criteria are published in the Module Guides. Indicative and essential readings are also included in Module Guides. Formal evaluation of conceptual and procedural knowledge and evidence of developing practice is assessed through written methods.

This programme is designed to be taught and assessed with students who are typically in practice in schools, or other relevant educational settings . Students who are not directly engaged within a current educational setting, will need to complete a one month placement organised by the collaborative partner to take place in an appropriate context. Students will need to be able to draw on current educational practice to inform their work for module assessments on this programme.