Rapid or Not? Changes in English Education

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Systematically analyse issues of policy and curriculum relating to English education.
• Identify and reflect critically across aspects of policy and their application and impact in English education.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the historical and current context of English education
• Examine and critically evaluate the policy reforms and curriculum changes that influenced English Education
• Identify and understand key factors and the impact they have on teaching and learning practices and policy change in English education

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Organise and articulate opinions and arguments in speech, writing and other appropriate media using relevant specialist vocabulary.

Typically this module will cover:

• Historical context of English education
• Significant developments and changes that have occurred in the English education
• Pedagogical shifts and innovative teaching practices
• Policy reforms and curriculum changes

Typically, this module is taught through weekly sessions with a mixture of taught content and seminar activities.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.