Innovation in Education module (PD50192)

As a contemporary educator, you work in a rapidly changing world. Local and global issues converge and need your creative adaptation.

It is vital that you are able to undertake informed considerations of relevant issues. This will allow you to respond to challenges as confident, creative agents of positive transformation. This will allow you to best support learning.

You will adopt a critical perspective on innovation. This will be consistent with your role as a reflective professional. This will enable you to evaluate an educational innovation. You will apply your learning within your future professional context.

What you will learn

In this module you will:

• learn how to adopt a critical perspective on innovation. This will be consistent with your role as a reflective professional
• review the impact and outcomes of an investigation into an example of educational innovation

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• understand current research, key concepts, and policies relating to innovation within education
• relate educational innovation on a local or global level
• evaluate practice and reflect critically on it
• develop and use strategies and resources acquired from your study and experiences of educational innovation. You will be able to apply this to your own future professional and personal development

Assignments / assessment

• essay 4,000 words or presentation 30 minutes (100%)
• optional formative assignment, with tutor discussion

This module does not have a final exam.

Teaching methods / timetable

Full time on-campus

Each semester will consist of 10 weeks of teaching which are all timetabled and the learning and teaching will consist of the following:

• in-person lectures
• 1 full-day field trip
• reading and completing associated tasks
• writing and working towards your final assessment
• peer-to-peer learning opportunities

For full-time students, lectures will last approx. 2.5 hours, some sessions are split over 2 days. You will be expected to attend all lectures which are held between Monday -Friday.

Online

The module is delivered online over 17 weeks. The learning and teaching will consist of the following:

• Online activities
• Webinars (collaborative sessions with activities and group discussion)
• Online Q&A sessions (to support assessments)
• asynchronous module materials to work through at your own pace

Self-driven study time will include:

• reading and completing associated tasks
• engaging with a wide range of online materials to support self-study
• writing and working towards your final assessment
• peer-to-peer learning opportunities