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2011/12 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LLLC1308 Academic Skills for Learning and Teaching

20 creditsClass Size: 35

Module manager: Pat Owens
Email: p.j.owens@adm.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2011/12

This module is mutually exclusive with

LLLC1102

Academic Skills I

Module replaces

LLLC 1203 Introduction to Professional Studies in Teaching and Learning

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This course is designed to help you achieve success & higher grades in your undergraduate studies by developing your skills of analysis and evaluation of a subject. You will also learn to recognise the elements of an argument and to formulate your own sound arguments and write up those arguments as a piece of academic writing.

Objectives

To enable students to develop academic skills for sucessful independent learning in Learning and Teaching.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the module students will know of:
- the range of theories of learning and of learning styles
- the University's IT systems
- the elements of academic argument and critical analysis
- information searches
- the Harvard referencing system
- Blackboard
- development Planning
- a range of theories on reflective writing and activities in writing reflectively
- basic data analysis.

Skills outcomes
- learning theories
- learning styles
- theories on reflective writing
- Universities resources and systems (Library, IT, VLE and other services)
- manage information
- critical thinking
- reflective writing
- referencing and plagiarism avoidance
- effective note-taking
- basic data analysis
- working with others through presentations, posters or podcasts.

Syllabus

Academic Development
Students will be:
- introduced to a range of learning theories and learning styles; and to theories on reflective writing;
- encouraged to explore the Universities resources and systems (Library, IT, VLE and other services) and use them to access and manage information;
- introduced to a variety of materials and methods designed to help them study effectively.

The following areas will be included:
- critical thinking and reflective writing
- referencing and plagiarism avoidance
- effective note-taking; basic data analysis
- and working with others through presentations, posters or podcasts.


Personal Development
Students will keep a PDP which will enable them to:
- reflect on their learning; audit their personal competences,
- identify competences required for their career progression.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	11	2.00	22.00
Private study hours			178.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Entries into the reflective PDP, draft essay plans.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	.	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 website

Last updated: 12/04/2012

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