Managing Teaching and Learning MethodsModule Details

Module Description

The module draws on current thinking in the field of curriculum management (learning, teaching and assessment) and includes material related to contemporary leadership and management issues, focusing on key strategies that are likely to bring about effective learning, teaching and assessment in institutions. The module will explore and evaluate theories of learning and individual learning needs. It will also draw on current thinking in the field of assessment and explore the notions of assessment for and of students’ learning. The wider aspects of assessment will also be discussed, such as accountability to stakeholders and external agencies. Examples of good practice will be used to illustrate aspects of effective leadership and management applied to teaching and learning. These will be drawn from both case studies and from the experience of the teaching team and module participants. The intention is that learning outcomes will have a positive effect on participants’ individual professional practice and will also have a wider impact on their own institution’s performance.

Aims of the module

The module aims to enable students to apply the key functions of curriculum management and analyse the role that teachers and management play in ensuring that key concepts and characteristics of good learning, teaching and assessment are appropriately developed within educational settings. The aims are extended to incorporate the challenges of managing diversity and meeting the needs of all students and the role of self-assessment in monitoring evaluation and review within a whole institution context. 

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this module, the student should be able to:
On completion of the module students should be able to:
1.    Critique education concepts and theories of education during extensive literature review. 
2.    Evaluate the characteristics of effective learning, teaching and assessment;
3.    Demonstrate thorough knowledge and understanding of current research and literature concerning learning, teaching and assessment theories;
4.    Assess the respective roles and strategies employed by senior management teams and others in securing effective learning, teaching and assessment;
5.    Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the main issues involved in managing and reporting diversity
6.    Apply the functions of monitoring, evaluation and review in the process of whole institution self-evaluation
7.    Debate the role of senior managers in implementing and managing change in relation to curriculum policy and innovative curriculum planning.
8.    Justify the adoption of a culture of rigorous self-evaluation for achieving institutional improvement
9.    Develop a curriculum for a class of learners.