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BA Learning and Teaching (Special Educational Needs and Disability)

Year 2

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have demonstrated:
Knowledge and critical understanding of:
- a range of perspectives on the nature of SEND and approaches to inclusive educational practice in different settings;
- the broader educational context which impacts upon provision for the range of learners;
- the range of SEND, and of approaches used to promote effective learning in relation to at least one specific learning difficulty;
- the design and delivery of the curriculum and of the rationale and techniques for assessment used in different learning settings with a range of learners;
- the wider social, cultural, political, economic and global contexts within which learning occurs;
- relevant concepts, knowledge, practical skills and methods of enquiry in teaching and learning in both a research and work context;
- educational processes and practices relating to a range of learners;
- models of pedagogy;
- relevant research techniques;
- relevant current educational and SEND-related research;
- ethical issues associated with the design and implementation of research into a range of learners.
Ability to:
- demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an evidence-based argument;
- critically evaluate models of pedagogy;
- effectively communicate complex information, arguments, evaluation and analysis in a variety of forms;
- actively engage with recent research and scholarship in the learning and teaching discipline;
- demonstrate an understanding and facility for the application and analysis of appropriate research techniques;
- apply knowledge and critical understanding in order to initiate and carry out a research project;
- demonstrate advanced skills and competences and a reflective approach in a professional teaching or learning support role;
- meet professional standards where relevant.
Use of the following professional skills:
- contribution to the planning and development of learning activities for a range of learners;
- recognition of the need to support and include all learners and appropriate response to this;
- monitoring of learner progress and provision of feedback using a range of assessment techniques;
- contribution to the selection, preparation and differentiation of suitable learning resources;
- development of effective support strategies to ensure acknowledgement of diversity and equality of opportunity;
- commitment to collaborative and co-operative working with colleagues;
- commitment to continuing professional development and evaluation of practice.
- Demonstrate the correct use of standard English including grammar, punctuation and spelling

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment in supporting learners, including those with SEND, in a range of professional contexts and roles;
- skills necessary for the communication of information in a variety of formats, including the use of technology;;
- skills necessary for the exercising of professional responsibility in supporting learners, including those with SEND
- skills necessary to identify and undertake appropriate professional development.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the
modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline;
-work that draws on a wide variety of material;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
-demonstrate a broad knowledge base;
- use of a range of formats for assessment that demonstrate skills of effective communication for both academic and professional settings.

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