Art of Learning and Teaching

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Creatively develop a critical, reflective and innovative approach to teaching and learning in educational and practice settings, and formulate plans for your own professional development.
• Identify the characteristics of quality learning and select appropriate assessment and evaluation strategies in order to determine the extent to which the desired learning outcomes have been achieved.
• Create and develop effective learning environments through facilitating and establishing positive relationships and ensuring that the principles of equal opportunities are adhered to.
• Select, plan and implement a range of teaching and learning strategies and facilitate learning across a range of educational and practice settings, and utilise a range of learning resources including information technology.
• Identify and respond to the needs of individual learners ensuring that they access the necessary support and facilitate their progress into becoming autonomous learners.
• Effectively utilise the information gained from assessment and evaluation in order to aid self-reflection and self-development.

Indicative module content includes:

• Skills and qualities of an effective teacher
• Educational philosophy
• Planning learning opportunities
• Selecting learning strategies
• Identifying needs and supporting learners
• The simulated environment
• Assessment and feedback strategies relevant in a variety of settings
• Using feedback for professional development
• Evaluating teaching and learning processes
• Marking and grading educational assessment.

For the 2023/24 curriculum, our PGT/CPD modules will continue to be delivered using hybrid learning. This means that depending on the subject and content of learning and teaching, modules will mainly be delivered via a combination of face to face and online delivery (both live and asynchronous), as this has worked really well for our practice-based colleagues. It is important to recognise the majority of modules contain face to face contact time and attendance at the University will be required.

Learning and teaching methods include:

• Teacher-led sessions
• Student-led workshops
• Group work
• Discussion groups
• Problem-based learning
• Enquiry-based learning
• Action learning
• Role modelling
• Peer review.

Part 1

Completion of four teaching practice assessments.

Part 2

The compilation of a teaching portfolio that incorporates resources from the four teaching practice assessments plus reflective accounts of the experiences and areas for development that have been identified. Additional evidence will be required from four further teaching practice sessions and evidence of formal contact teaching hours in line with professional body requirements.