Through online synchronous seminars, and asynchronous presentations the module aims to provide participants with new analytical and critical skills with regard...

Curriculum, Policy and Practice (CPAS0071)

Through online synchronous seminars, and asynchronous presentations the module aims to provide participants with new analytical and critical skills with regard to their curricular interests and responsibilities, in particular: an improved ability to 'read' curriculum materials, practices and policies in the light of the theoretical principles and ideological perspectives that inform them; an enhanced appreciation of the philosophical roots of issues in curriculum design and development; a better understanding of design and development strategies; and a capacity for deeper reflection on their own experience of curriculum. Since curriculum design is concerned with decisions about the knowledge to be taught, we spend time exploring different conceptions of knowledge. The course aims to deepen participants' understanding of the different approaches to Curriculum, linking these to relevant policy and always relating back to students' own professional practice where possible. It also explores the underlying theoretical concepts in the field. Its basis is to reject the idea that the curriculum is something to be delivered, but instead to promote the development of teachers as curriculum thinkers. Themes include: Background to study of curriculum, The role of knowledge, The hidden and extended curricula, Socio-historical perspectives on the curriculum, The relationship between childhood, schooling and curriculum, The role of ethnicity, class and gender in curriculum, Progressive schooling and curriculum reform, Artificial intelligence and education. 

This module aims to deepen participants&#039; understanding of the different purposes of assessment and the underlying theoretical concepts in the field. It...

Assessment: Issues and Practice (CPAS0062)

This module aims to deepen participants' understanding of the different purposes of assessment and the underlying theoretical concepts in the field. It addresses both summative ('assessment of learning') and formative ('assessment for learning') uses. Some of the key features of summative assessment that will be explored include: validity, standards setting, marking, comparability and grading. Formative issues include validity, learning intentions, feedback and peer/self assessment. Please note that the autumn term is face to face, spring term online.