Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Promote and plan for a variety of teaching and learning techniques.
- Enhance access to, and participation in, learning programmes.
- Relate your curriculum plans to external and internal policy requirements and contexts.
- Plan and prepare teaching and learning programmes for groups and / or a range of individuals
- Identify the required outcomes of the learning programmes.
- Analyse and explain ways in which equality of opportunity and respect for diversity can be built into curriculum design.
- Set your curriculum in the context of curriculum design models.
- Identify opportunities to exploit learning technology and innovation in curriculum design.
- Critically evaluate, apply and adapt theories relevant to curriculum development, evaluation and quality assurance.
- Identify / review the resource implications of a curriculum.
- Evaluate a curriculum.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 18 |
| Independent Study | 132 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Buckley, R. (2010). The Theory and Practice of Training. London: Kogan Page.
Moore, A (2012). Teaching and Learning : Pedagogy, Curriculum and Culture. London: Routledge.
Cullen, R et al. (2011). The Learner Centered Curriculum : Design and Implementation. Jossey Bass Wiley.
Gosper, M. (2014). Curriculum Design for the 21st Century. Springer Science and Business Media.
Pinar, W. (2012). What is Curriculum Theory?. New York: Routledge.
Kelly, A.V. (2009). The Curriculum : Theory and Practice. Los Angeles: Sage.
Scott, D, (2007). Critical Essays on Major Curriculum Theorists. London: Routledge.
Fry, H et al. (2014). Teaching and Learning in Higher Education : Enhancing Academic Practice. Hoboken, Taylor and Francis.
Harlacher, J. et al. (2014). What is Curriculum based evaluation?. Springer Science and Business Media.
Barlex, D. (2015). Designing a Technology Curriculum. Springer Science and Business Media.
Shawer, S. (2014). Curriculum Design. Oxford University Press.
Pelligrino, J. (2012). Education for Life and Work : Developing transferable knowledge and skills for the 21st Century. National Academies Press.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Summative assessment. Module must be passed for successful completion of the programmeSummative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assignment | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assignment | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Assignment | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External