Unit name | Education in Practice |
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Unit code | EDUC20012 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Paulson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Education and Social Change (EDUC10002) |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Education |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Education in Practice gives you the opportunity to connect your academic learning with the practice of education by conducting a 10-day placement in a setting where education matters. You might chose to spend time in a school or an early years setting, or in a community organisation, charity, or museum, or you might conduct your placement with a business, research group or with a government organisation. We have a number of placement options thanks to our partnerships with schools and organisations around Bristol. However, if you have an idea for a placement, you can also organise this yourself with support from unit tutors. Taught sessions support you to prepare for and make the most of your placement and support you in developing the unit assessment.
The aims of the unit are to:
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
In most weeks, your main contact hours will be in your placement. You will spend a minimum of ten days in your placement setting. The identification and arrangement of placements will be in collaboration with the Faculty Professional Liaison Manager. You will also have 6 x 2 hour taught sessions as part of the unit to support your preparation and reflection.
During your placement, you will stay in touch with your tutors and peers using the placement discussion board.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Reflective journal: Throughout your placement you will be asked to keep a reflective journal. In particular, you are asked to identify an educational issue of relevance to your setting that you have some experience studying in an academic context on your degree. Your journal should note your observations on how this issue is dealt with in the setting, connecting this to your academic and research-based understandings. In the journal you should also describe the work you are doing in the placement setting and reflect upon what you are learning and how and if the experience is influencing your plans for the future. (ILO 1-4)
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Placement attendance report (pass/fail), ILO 1: You will be required to submit an attendance report, signed by your setting, certifying that you have completed a 10-day placement.
Contribution to discussion board (30%) ILO 1-4: Unit tutors will pose fortnightly questions (sometimes accompanied by a short reading) on the discussion board, inviting you to reflect on how key education concepts or pieces of research relate to your placement and to enter into discussion with one another about your placements. All students will be required to produce 1,000 words & minimum of three entries.
Placement report (70%) ILO 1-4: Your placement report (2,500 words) should draw on your reflective journal in order to answer the following questions:
Bassot, B. (2016). The Reflective Journal. 2nd Edition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cottrell, S. (2015) Skills for Success: Personal Development and Employability. (3rd Edition). London: Palgrave MacMillan.
Hordern, J. and Simon, C. Eds. (2017). Placements and Work-Based Learning in Education Studies: An Introduction for Students, Routledge: Abingdon