SDL - Week 5

WELCOME TO SELF-
DIRECTED LEARNING (SDL)

MODULE
WEEK - 5
Rev. Dr Trevor W. Adams

Your Success Is My Aim
DR T.W. ADAMS/CRC/SDL/FOUNDATION
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Dr T.W. Adams/CRC/SDL/Foundation
News Headline –
What is the story?
• The killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess
• Sir David was stabbed multiple times at his
constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on
Friday
• The Metropolitan Police said there was a potential link to
Islamist extremism. A 25-year-old British man was
arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder.
• Home Secretary Priti Patel paid tribute to Sir David as a
"man of the people" who was "killed doing a job he
loved".
• Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir
Starmer laid flowers at the scene together on Saturday
morning.
• (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58935372)
News Headline –
What is the story?
• Can this tragic story help

us to better understand
the 4 core areas we are
trying to develop, or does
it have no relevance to
our studies?
THE AIM OF THIS
SESSION IS TO
REFLECT AND TO
REVIEW OUR
LEARNING!!!
SUCCESS ALWAYS LEAVES A
CLUE!!!
What is your story?
• A self-reflective
assignment.
• It is like looking at yourself
in the mirror and learning
more about yourself, from
what you see.
• Then telling us what you
have discovered and learnt.
Developing the 4 pillars to your success
• Break things down
into parts and show
their connection and
significance or
relevance to each
other and the bigger
picture.
Break things
down – make
things simple
for yourself!
Break - “to divide
something into smaller parts
and steps “
What can your story and supporting sources (from the
experts) tell us what you know about SDL in these 4 areas:
• Knowledge and
Understanding?
• Problem-Solving?
• Research and Reading?
• Presentation?
TOP MARKS
OR MINIMUM
PASS
D R T. W.
A D A M S / C R C / S D L / F O U N D AT I O N
Knowledge and Understanding of SDL
• Top Marks • Minimum Pass
• You will demonstrate that you • You will demonstrate a basic

have an excellent level of knowledge and understanding
knowledge and understanding of some relevant concepts and
around a wide range of relevant theories related to the area of
concepts and theories related to study. There has been little
the area of study. You will have attempt to apply this.
made an excellent attempt to
analyse and apply this.
What are the big ideas (concepts and theories) for SDL, according to
the different range of experts (trustworthy sources)?
How have these, or how can these big ideas be applied to
your own life and story?
Problem-Solving

• You will be going well beyond • Within the limits of the task you
the limits of the task set to may demonstrate some ability
incorporate an excellent range to use relevant sources
of relevant sources. You will however; your work will be
demonstrate that you can largely descriptive. You may
construct an informed and have made some attempt to
critical argument. develop a discussion but this is
not always clearly articulated.
How can you show, with expert evidence, that these big
ideas have been applied to your own life?
Research and Reading (Finding things out for
yourself)
• You will be using an excellent range of • You will be using some relevant
relevant academic sources including those academic sources from the
from the module reading strategy and
going beyond the recommended reading
module reading strategy. You
materials, including reference to journal may have made some attempt to
articles in your work. The sources you have access further sources but these
chosen are of an excellent academic lack academic rigour. You will
quality and will include some or all of the
following: text books at an appropriate have made some attempt to use
level, journal articles, research reports, these sources within your work
policy documents and reliable webbased but not always appropriately.
sources. You will be using the sources
appropriately to support and inform a
critical discussion.
Excellent range of sources from the experts
Presentation
• You will be using the standard Newman • You will be using the standard Newman
presentation guidelines. Excellent presentation guidelines. There will be
organisation of major points with some attempt to organise the major
effective signposting and balance points within your work, with limited
between sections. Excellent use of signposting and balance between
standard English with a very strong sections. Inconsistent use of standard
developing academic writing style. English with some evidence of a
References will always be presented developing academic writing style. You
fully and correctly in both text and will have made some attempt to
reference list. Work will be very well correctly present the references within
presented with only occasional minor the body of the text and on the
secretarial errors. reference page. Work may be well
presented but with secretarial errors.
Signposting
20 mins Learning
Log Write –up?
• Remember, this has to be done every week,
typed up in sentences and submitted on the
VLE, before or by the submission date.
• Weekly checks will be done to see how you
are getting on.
• Only 8 weeks of your best learning log, to
show your learning, which must total 1,500
words should be submitted.
• Remember, this is to show evidence of your
learning in the 4 core areas.
• Remember – the more you do in class, the
less you have to do at home.
WELCOME TO SELF-
DIRECTED LEARNING (SDL)
MODULE
WEEK - 5
Rev. Dr Trevor W. Adams

Your Success Is My Aim

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WELCOME TO SELF-

DIRECTED LEARNING (SDL)

Rev. Dr Trevor W. Adams

• Can this tragic story help

• You will demonstrate that you • You will demonstrate a basic

• Top Marks • Minimum Pass

Rev. Dr Trevor W. Adams

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