Unit information: Theory and Practice of Teaching and Learning in 2019/20

Unit name	Theory and Practice of Teaching and Learning
Unit code	MEEDM0037
Credit points	20
Level of study	M/7
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Ms. Tricia Thorpe
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	Any health care professional who must be in a current teaching role.
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals
Faculty	Faculty of Health Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

This unit serves as an introduction to the TLHP Certificate course. It aims to support learners in developing skills in planning, delivering and evaluating their own and others’ teaching based on a critical reading of theory and literature within the field. It also aims to introduce the learners to current issues in Teaching and Learning and to support and promote reflection and criticality in this area. Finally, it seeks to develop skills in academic writing within the discipline of Education.

Intended Learning Outcomes

• Design and plan teaching and learning for varied audiences and settings taking account of educational theory and literature
• Deliver and/or support effective teaching and learning in diverse situations and reflect on the outcomes
• Evaluate teaching and learning in the light of educational theory and reflect on teacher development to support their own and others’ practice
• Demonstrate criticality towards educational literature and theory
• Develop skills in writing within the academic discipline of Education

Teaching Information

There will be a mixed method approach consistent with current best practice. This will include presentations by course tutors, large and small group discussions, workshops and teamwork, paired activities, presentations by participants with structured feedback, demonstrations and work-based learning.

Assessment Information

Assessment will entail the production of varied texts and/or items in other media, contributing to an overarching, programme-level portfolio assessment, employing the concept of the ‘patchwork text’.

Each unit will have required items and types of texts to be produced at stated times within the framework of the unit and others will stretch across the entire Certificate permitting learners to demonstrate how they are connecting key concepts and synthesising the material. This provides a more appropriate assessment for the development of understanding and skills in a course where reflection on progress parallels a critical approach to theory.

This unit:

Formative assessment – reflection on learning, teaching and micro-teach session. Successful completion of formative assessment is necessary to progress.

Summative – a written assessment of 2500 – 3000 words. This contributes 100% of final grade for this module.

Reading and References

Please refer to Blackboard site