Post-16 Education: Critical Observations

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the underlying values, principles, context and practices relevant to post-16 education
• You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of effective teaching and learning approaches appropriate to post-16 education
• You will be able to systematically analyse educational concepts, theories, policy and practice in a post-16 context
• You will be able to organise and articulate opinions and arguments in both speech and writing using relevant specialist vocabulary
• You will be able to select and apply a range of relevant theoretical and research-based evidence (primary and secondary sources), to extend your knowledge and understanding

The module will incorporate critical observation and analysis of some aspects of teaching within post-16 education, with particular attention to the theory and application of evidence-led practice for effective teaching and learning.

Topics normally covered in this module will include:

• Context of post-16 and lifelong learning;
• Qualifications frameworks;
• Recent policy and legislation and its impact;
• An introduction to ideas about how post-16 students learn;
• An introduction to ideas about effective post-16 teaching;
• Practical application of ideas about effective teaching and learning;
• How to make critical observations about effective teaching and learning in a classroom setting.

This module is taught through a mix of interactive teaching sessions, directed reading and suggested additional research. Typically, there will be an interactive lecture and seminar each week with the exception of the weeks during your visits to a post-16 setting. You will be expected to carry out critical observations normally in one post-16 setting (a minimum of 8 hours). Opportunities for tutorial support will be available.

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.