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2010/11 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
SDDU5220M Promoting Learning (for Postgraduate and other Part-time Teachers)
15 creditsClass Size: 20
Module manager: Dr Clara Davies
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2010/11
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
By the end of the module, it is expected that participants will be better able to:1. explore and review a wider range of teaching and assessment methods and their purposes;
2. effectively prepare for and implement a wider range of approaches to teaching, learning and assessment;
3. review and introduce appropriate aspects of the University's VLE and/or other C&IT tools into their own teaching and students' learning;
4. enhance their knowledge and understanding of higher education through awareness of and ability to evaluate relevant educational literature (both generic and subject specific);
5. appraise and reflect critically upon their own approaches to, and understanding of, learning, teaching and assessment;
6. analyse their own professional progress and identify their own development needs.
Syllabus
- Designing teaching sessions to promote student learning
- Developing and embedding key skills within teaching and assessment
- Introduction to using communications and information technology (C&IT) in learning and teaching
- VLEs in learning and teaching and their effective use
- Attendance at appropriate workshops offered by: SDDU open programmes (Refreshing your Teaching, C & IT); LDU events, University L&T conference, Departments, LTSNs.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Workshop | 7 | 2.50 | 20.00 |
| Peer Observation | 4 | 1.25 | 5.00 |
| Directed Study | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Private study hours | 120.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 | ||
Private study
- 20 hours: Preparation & reading.- 40 hours: Teaching practice (application of ideas, skills and methods).
- 20 hours: Reflection on teaching (1/2 hour per hour of teaching practice), including evaluating the outcomes and action planning.
- 40 hours: Preparation for, and of, the assignment.
Peer Observation consists of Mentor & Peer observation and discussion.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Meetings with mentors about summative assessment - case study.- Discussion with mentor and peers in subject departments / schools.
- Discussion with programme tutors.
- Self-monitor by completion of audit tools, task sheets and professional development plan.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Case Study | . | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 21/06/2012
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