Aims:

 To demonstrate the knowledge, understanding and skills to design and justify an inclusive, subject or context specific learning programme that meets...

Curriculum Design: Principles and Practice (EDPS0125)

Aims:

 To demonstrate the knowledge, understanding and skills to design and justify an inclusive, subject or context specific learning programme that meets the needs of a defined group of learners.

 To understand how technology impacts on teaching and learning opportunities and on curriculum design.

  

 Outcomes:

 Trainees should be able to:

  Apply methods and techniques they have learned during the module, consolidating and extending knowledge to enhance teaching and learning in their professional practice.
 
  Apply theories of curriculum design in their professional practice to enable inclusive learning.
 
  Make further use of critical incident analysis to evaluate and improve their practice with reference to curriculum design and implementation.
 
  Apply up-to-date knowledge of their subject/context area.
 
  Engage with issues relating to cultural diversity, gender, multilingualism and social deprivation and reflect on how these impact on teaching and learning in their subject specialist/context specific areas.
 
  Engage in an online learning community to explore e-learning opportunities, to exchange ideas and share practice within this community.
 
  Use critical reflection and feedback from others, including peer groups, to evaluate and improve their own practice: this to draw on current research and scholarship.
 
  Plan for their own professional development and monitor the progress made.
 
  Demonstrate continued development in literacy, language, numeracy and ICT as laid out in the minimum core curriculum.

Aims: To provide students with the mathematics to take them from GCE A level standard to that required for the remainder of the following degree...

Introduction to Mathematics for Economics (ECON0006)

Aims: To provide students with the mathematics to take them from GCE A level standard to that required for the remainder of the following degree programmes.

Suitable for: Compulsory for 1st Year BSc Economics and Geography (LL17), BA Philosophy and Economics (VL51) and BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics (4V86) students on the Economics and Politics concentration. Also available to BA European Social and Political Studies (R990) students (compulsory if taking the Economics Specialisation route).

Prerequisites: GCE A level mathematics at Grade A or above (or equivalent).

Assumed knowledge: A thorough knowledge of single-variable calculus.