STRAND 1: THEORY - Module 2 - Effective Teaching and Learning

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Reflect on your own teaching practice
• Compare and contrast theoretical approaches for teaching and implications for practice.
• Analyse and evaluate examples of recent developments in teaching and learning.
• Appraise the relationship between pedagogy and assessment.
• Critically discuss theories of learning, and their relationship to teaching.

The content of this module will typically draw on a range of research and will focus on examining the following:

• Personal perceptions about learning and teaching.
• Past and current theories/models about learning and teaching.
• Theory and research on what is a 'good' teacher
• Theory and research on how students learn.
• Research on factors that influence learning and teaching at different education phases.

This module is taught entirely online. A typical 'lesson' would include:

• Lectures - delivered live via the university's web conferencing system (Adobe Connect) or as pre-prepared videos
• Lecture notes - written by the module tutors
• Selected readings - from the prescribed core texts
• Written tasks - submitted via private blogs or discussion forums
• Online activities - such as quizzes and tests
• Individual and Group tutorials - via Skype (individual) or Adobe Connect (groups)

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.