Level 5 University Diploma in Education and Training

Year 1

The course aims to establish underpinning knowledge while developing your practical skills associated with teaching, learning and assessment within the education and training sector.

Modules include:
•Planning and Preparing for Teaching, Learning and Assessment – this introductory module will enable you to develop your understanding of the key concepts relating to the planning and preparation of inclusive teaching, learning and assessment.
•Investigation and Applying Theories of Learning for Inclusive Practice – this module will provide you with the knowledge and understanding of theories, principles and models of learning and communication.
•Exploring Principles of Assessment, Evaluation and Feedback – This module provides a sound knowledge and understanding of assessment processes and a comparison of techniques to enable learning and progression.
•Wider Professional Development (part one) – The purpose of this module is to provide you with the pedagogical experience to develop knowledge, understanding and skills relating to the planning and delivery of effective teaching, learning and assessment.

The second year of the programme encourages you to build on the underpinning knowledge gained during year one and explore a wider range of concepts in greater detail. In particular, a greater emphasis is placed on independent learning, peer collaboration and professional enquiry with regards to teaching, learning and assessment within your own specialist area.

Modules include:
•Developing Practice through Action Research – This module will enable you to conduct action research on a pedagogical issue relating to your own professional development and practice.
•Developing Effective Practice through Lesson Study – The potential benefits of peer collaboration and peer observation are well documented. It is envisioned that this module builds upon and develops the themes originally explored in module one, enabling you to develop your teaching and learning pedagogy by examining factors which contribute to a positive and inclusive learning environment via collaboration with your peers.
•Designing an Inclusive and Innovative Curriculum – This module will enable you to review curriculum design and content within the varied contexts inherent with the Education and Training sector, exploring the impact that curriculum design can and does have upon inclusive teaching, learning and assessment.
•Wider Professional Development, part two – Progressing from the understanding and knowledge gained in part one, you are expected to demonstrate further competence in creating and maintaining an inclusive learning environment through the evaluation of your own practice.