Unit name | Laboratory-Based Teaching and Learning |
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Unit code | EDUCM5707 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Hague |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Education |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit addresses the skills, arguments and theoretical frameworks pertinent to teaching and supporting learning in the particular higher education context of the science laboratory. It examines this from both the tutor's and the students' points of view. Its broad aim is to clarify the role and function of the tutor in such settings and to identify the skills of design, planning and management. The focus will be on developing conceptual frameworks that underpin discussions on rationale, purpose and design.
Successful course participants will be able to:
Teaching will be via a mixture of formal tutor input, workshop, tutorial, and supported independent study approaches.
The unit will employ a range of small group interactive teaching methods and will seek to demonstrate active learning techniques.
It will employ participant presentations, department-based tasks that stem from participants’ normal practice, mentor tutoring and support, and personal tutoring support from programme tutors, both face to face and via a VLE.
Assessment will be via an extended (2000 words or equivalent) reflective account based on an empirical inquiry in the participant’s own student laboratory environments. In this account, participants would be expected to use the conceptual/theoretical frameworks developed in the unit to analyse, critique and evaluate approaches and outcomes.
The assignment is expected to show evidence of:
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