2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

EDUC5306M The Practice of Supporting Language Teacher Learning

15 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Dr Gary Chambers
Email: g.n.chambers@education.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Mar to 31 May View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

Pre-requisite qualifications

Two years' language teaching experience.

Pre-requisites

EDUC5925M

Teacher Education for TESOL

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- appraise critically current literature on the pedagogy of supported teacher learning;
- evaluate interventions and materials in teacher education informed by key concepts in the field;
- discuss the implications for pedagogical decisions and trainer skills development of various types of interventions designed to promote teacher learning;
- design an intervention appropriate for their context.

Syllabus

This module focuses specifically on those strategies in teacher education which can be used to support teacher's learning. We will analyse various ways of designing as well as implementing sessions, courses or programmes for teachers. To do this, we will draw on some key concepts in teacher education (for example, socio-cultural, expertise, or skill learning models of practitioner learning). We will also consider mentoring specifically and review recent literature on this.

The module aims to prepare you to make informed decisions for future work with teachers and raise awareness of some of the additional skills and knowledge needed by teachers becoming teacher educators.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	6	3.00	18.00
Tutorial	1	1.00	1.00
Private study hours			131.00
Total Contact hours			19.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

12 hours group inter-session tasks (2 hours per week)
22 (+/-) hours designing interventions
97 (+/-) hours reading and writing essay

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Formative session-by-session assessment, using session reaction slips, design task outcomes, session contributions and tutorials.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	3,000 words	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: 28/04/2016

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