UNIT 423 Teaching in a Specialist

Area
Week 1: 09/02/2022

Lecturer: Olwen Williams

 Welcome
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Introductions
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 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Introductions
• Recap of Task 1
• Students working on Formative
Assignment
• One to One Tutorials

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Assignment Overview
Task 1 (Task A): Research Report
Task A (Research Report with Section A & B) covering the Assessment
Criteria of 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2

Formative Assignment – Monday 14th

February to Friday 18th February 23:59

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Assignment Overview
Task 1 (Task A): Research Report
Task A (Research Report with Section A & B) covering the Assessment
Criteria of 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2
Task 2 (Task B): Network and report
Task B (Network and Report) covering the Assessment Criteria of 5.1, 5.2
Task 3 (Task C): Reflective Account and Plan
Task C (Reflective Account and Plan) covering the Assessment Criteria of
6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Summative Assignment – Monday 11th April to Friday 15th
April 23:59
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Accessing Resources

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Produce a research report (Section A) which covers the following (Task A
Section A):
Carry out research into teaching in your own specialist area and produce
the report
following the guideline as below:

Task 1 (Section A):

1.1 Explain key aims of education and training in own specialist area
1.2 Analyse philosophical issues relating to education and training in own specialist
area.
2.1 Describe the aims and structure of key qualifications in own specialist area .
2.2 Describe the aims and structure of learning programmes in own specialist area.
4.1 Analyse ways in which resources meet the individual needs of learners.

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1.1 Explain key aims of education and training in own specialist area

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1.2 Analyse philosophical issues relating to education and training in own
specialist area.

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What are the major philosophies of
education?
The major philosophies of education can be broken down into three
main types: teacher-centred philosophies, student-centred
philosophies, and society-centred philosophies. These include
Essentialism, Perennialism, Progressivism, Social Reconstructionism,
Existentialism, Behaviourism, Constructivism, Conservatism, and
Humanism.

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2.1 Describe the aims and structure of key qualifications in own specialist
area.

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2.2 Describe the aims and structure of learning programmes in own
specialist area.

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4.1 Analyse ways in which resources meet the individual needs of
learners.

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 Using your research and the information gathered in your first report,
select a learning programme in your own specialist area and produce Task
A Section B

Task 1 (Section B):

2.3 Explain how own approach to planning and preparation for the delivery of a
learning programme in own specialist area enables its aims to be met
3.2 Explain how own approach to the planning and preparation of a learning
programme in own specialist area takes account of key curriculum issues, including
the role of new and emerging technologies.
3.1 Analyse the inclusiveness of own approach to the planning and preparation of a
learning programme in own specialist area
4.2 Analyse the inclusiveness of own use of teaching and learning resources in a
specialist area.

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2.3 Explain how own approach to planning and preparation for the delivery
of a learning programme in own specialist area enables its aims to be met

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 3.2 Explain how own approach to the planning and preparation of a
learning programme in own specialist area takes account of key curriculum
issues, including the role of new and emerging technologies.

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3.1 Analyse the inclusiveness of own approach to the planning and
preparation of a learning programme in own specialist area

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4.2 Analyse the inclusiveness of own use of teaching and learning
resources in a specialist area.

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 Students working on
Formative Assignment
&
Individual Tutorials
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Thank You
Any Questions?