CYP6073 - From Instructor to Provider: Change and Continuity in the Roles of Educators

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

The module uses academic texts, films and television as historiography in examining the portrayal of the teaching profession within the context of changes in society. The module adopts a British focus, examining initially the autonomus and isolated post-war practitioner. Issues include interpretations of teachers’ professionalism, teachers’ changing roles, the changing nature of teachers’ authority and the impact of societal and political change upon schooling. In particular, the impact of the marketisation of schooling is considered.

The module then examines the recent emergence of a greater diversity of classroom educator identities: teaching assistant, mentor, learning support, peer support, parent etc. The nature and extent to which new professional roles and societal perspectives have raised the profile of teamwork for classroom educators and their impact on teacher status is considered.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Formal scheduled teaching and learning activities including Interactive classes and face to face / e-tutorials
Hours: 50
Intended Group Size: 30

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
The Film Review focuses upon 1960s – 1970s changes regarding teachers’ authority. The essay examines the changing status and nature teaching as a profession. Face to face and e-tutorial support will be offered to provide students feedback on a partial draft for each assignment.

Formative Assessments at all Levels involve students tackling parts of an assessment task or related task and benefiting from peer and tutor review or participants. In this way, the formative assessment provides students with the opportunity to identify areas of strength and weakness and develop their understanding of how to complete successfully the summative assessment. E.G. In seminars/workshops, student groups provide structured input/ feedback on each other’s work, set in the context of tutor and peer input. Students can then use this feedback and the critiques to inform their submission of final assessment

Further information will be included in the Module Handbook.

Assessment:

001 Film review; 2,500 words; end of semester 1 40%
002 Essay; 3,500 words; end of semester 2 60%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Paul Coman
Level - 6
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6YL

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