Education and Training (Supporting Teaching and Learning)
BA (Hons)

You explore influences on policy development, how these are implemented in practice at both an organisational and classroom level and debate any direct influences these policies may have on learning and teaching practice. You also examine key issues, practices and theories from education sectors that directly impact on your understanding of professional practice.

This is your opportunity to define and deliver your own research topic. You draw together the learning from all other modules to facilitate the development of a range of skills for you to independently research an area of professional concern. Tutor support is available to assist this process and you will also be encouraged to reflect upon the vocational and other work skills you have developed undertaking the dissertation work, including appropriate decision making and independent learning.

You critically evaluate the impact of support and services provided to support an individual child/young person with special educational needs and/or disabilities. You engage in critical reflection to identify the strengths and limitations of the support provided and communication between agencies and with parents. You also develop practical and professional skills via the development of an individual education, health and care plan and assessment of needs for an individual child/young person.

Three inter-related aspects of research: the philosophical basis of different methodologies, the practice of carrying out research (including issues of approach, method, sampling, analysis ) and how to ensure researchers follow developing ideas of good practice in research, with particular relation to issues of good ethical practice are examined. You develop skills to enable you to evaluate current research papers and to make judgments about these.

You explore aspects of curriculum design, planning and assessment and to evaluate some of the issues, factors and considerations that are made when planning a learning, teaching and assessment task. You then discuss the relationship between these issues and good practice. If you are not leading in a learning situation, you may draw upon joint planning activities you have carried out with another practitioner as a basis for the development of the work for the module assessment task.

You explore strategies to promote positive patterns of behaviour and attitudes in learners, and differing perspectives on behaviour management, response strategies.