2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LLLC3970 Issues and Ethics in Professional Practice

20 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Richard de Blacquière-Clarkson
Email: r.clarkson1@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisite qualifications

Completion of FD Learning and Teaching or equivalent

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Professional practice in education often requires making difficult, complicated decisions about what the right thing is to do. This module will provide you with the skills and understanding needed to make well-justified decisions, based on local and national policies as well as up-to-date ethical theory.

Objectives

The purpose of the module is to provide students with a critical appreciation of:
- social and political issues influencing the development of a personal and professional educational philosophy;
- the implications of these issues for professional practice at both the personal and institutional level.

Learning outcomes
1. Apply ethical principles and professional codes of practice to dilemmas in educational settings
2. Explain contemporary educational issues including equality and diversity, and their implications for professional practice
3. Evaluate ethical approaches to decision-making in educational settings

Skills outcomes
Being digital: As part of this module students will develop a range of digital literacy skills. Further details are provided in the module handbook

Syllabus

The content will cover such areas as:
Developing philosophical and ethical understandings of the learning context and the frameworks that guide professional procedures and practices; examining approaches to promoting equality and recognising diversity in the organisation and delivery of the curriculum

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	10	2.00	20.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Students will be expected to actively participate in sessions to explore issues in relation to their current educational context and promote the development of their own learning and teaching philosophy. Students will also be required to undertake follow-up research in relation to the topics covered.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Formative feedback will be available through interactive resources on Minerva, verbal feedback by the tutor in taught sessions, peer- and self-assessment of written work, written tutor feedback on a plan and excerpts of the assessed essay. Access to the tutor for additional feedback is also available via email, and face-to-face tutorials by appointment.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	8-10 min verbal presentation+ 1,000 word summary	50.00
Essay	2,500 words	50.00
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

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