2019/20 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LLLC2202 Curriculum and Assessment in Teaching and Learning

20 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Nadine Cavigioli
Email: n.m.cavigioli@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

Pre-requisite qualifications

60 credits at level 1

Module replaces

ADUL2148

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Using curricula with which participants are familiar, this module encourages critical analysis of their design and purposes, considering how they have been socially and politically constructed. Focusing on the decision-making processes and distinguishing between assessment methods and strategies, the significance of assessment strategies in designing and planning the curriculum will be considered.In examining the relationship between assessment and evaluation, it will incorporate issues of quality assurance and the idea of a curriculum development cycle.

Objectives

By the end of this module, students will be able to:
- demonstrate an awareness of the range of factors that influence the content and shape of the curriculum;
- demonstrate an awareness of the decision-making process in curriculum planning, delivery and evaluation;
- understand the social and cultural construction of curricula: credit and competence based systems;
- understand the range of purposes of curricula including inclusive education;
- understand key concepts and principles of assessment;
- understand and apply different types of assessment;
- understand the strengths and limitations/weaknesses of a range of assessment methods, including, as appropriate, those which exploit new and emerging technologies;
- understand the role of feedback and questioning in the assessment of learning;
- understand the importance of formal and informal assessment, and demonstrate developing skills in assessing learners;
- manage and support learning with individuals and/or groups to meet curriculum requirements and maximise learning and success;
- demonstrate ability to write and assess learning outcomes;
- understand and demonstrate how to give feedback to maximise learnerachievement;
- plan/design and conduct formal and informal assessment as a tool for learning and progression;
- understand how to plan, design and conduct evaluation to improve learner performance.

Learning outcomes
- Principles and bases of curriculum planning
- Role of decision-making in curriculum planning process
- Principles and practice of assessment
- Role of assessment in the curriculum planning process
- Distinction between assessment and evaluation in curriculum planning
- To apply accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation

Syllabus

- Principles and practices in curriculum planning and design
- The origins and development of curriculum
- The social and cultural construction of curriculum
- Recent policies and trends in curriculum design: credit based system
- Curriculum for social, cultural, political and economic purposes
- Principles and practices of assessment strategies
- Research on assessment strategies and methods
- Assessment, measuring competence, performance and quality assurance
- Integrating curriculum, assessment and learning
- The competence-based, assessment-driven curriculum
- Evaluating curricula design and assessment strategies in policy contexts.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

- Preparation and background reading for lectures: 100 hours
- Preparation of written assignments: 80 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Through participation in classwork, and especially through work for assessment in seminars and feedback on progress of project and curriculum analysis.
- The project will be submitted during the module, and feedback will contribute to informing the second piece of assessment which will be submitted at the end of the module.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Presentation of a scheme of work (1,500 words)	40.00
Written Work	2,500 word essay	60.00
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: 07/10/2019

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