Foundation Degree Learning and Teaching

Year 2

Learning outcomes

On completion of Level 1 students should have demonstrated:
Knowledge of:
1. The key theoretical perspectives that inform our understanding of:
- The process of being a learner,
- Management of the teaching & learning process,
- Working with challenging learners,
- The role, & practice, of work-based learning.

2. The relevant professional structures & roles
Ability to:
- evaluate their practice against the relevant professional standards,
- relate theoretical understanding to work-settings as a reflective practitioner,
- evaluate evidence & information from relevant sources including recent research & contemporary practice,
- interpret & evaluate the underlying theoretical concepts & principles of the discipline,
- communicate the results of their studies effectively in written work & verbal presentations,
- present a structured & coherent argument that engages critically with the complexity & breadth of the topic under consideration,
- conform to professional standards & norms of ethics, presentation & communication of information,
- appreciate their strengths & developmental needs as learners.

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 related to the subject area(s) studied;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- decision making.

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/competencies of the discipline/profession to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.