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 Academic Year: | 2016/7 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Education |
| Credits: | 12 [equivalent to 24 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 240 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Description:
| Aims: All of the programme's units contribute to, and have been mapped to, the programme aims. All units contribute to aims 6 and 7. This unit will make a key contribution to Programme aim 6: 6. promote the application of knowledge and skills to policy and practice in international education, such that our students are capable of making significant contributions to international education research, policy and practice in their future career and /or academic study. The Aims of the Unit are to provide students with an understanding and a critical awareness of: 1. the key theoretical concepts and issues connected with leading and managing educational innovation in diverse international contexts 2. the role and importance of culture in the process of leading and managing educational innovation in diverse international contexts 3. the implications of reflecting upon the process of leading and managing educational innovation for the improvement of educational practice. Learning Outcomes: Together, the MA IEG units contribute to programme learning outcomes 1-7 for knowledge and understanding. The unit specific knowledge and understanding outcomes follow. Having studied the unit, students will be able to: 1. demonstrate critical understandings of key educational issues associated with the processes of leading and managing educational innovation 2. recognise the different macro, meso and micro forces that are at play in the leadership and management of educational innovation 3. apply and critique the main theories underpinning educational innovation within different educational contexts 4. show a critical understanding of the impact of culture upon the processes of leading and managing educational innovation 5. identify and reflect critically upon the intended and unintended consequences of the leadership and management of educational innovation in diverse international contexts. Skills: Together, the MA IEG units contribute to programme learning outcomes 1-8 for intellectual and professional practical skills. Therefore having studied the unit, students will be able to: 1. demonstrate sensitivity to the values, viewpoints and interests of others 2. act both autonomously and collaboratively in planning and implementing tasks 3. demonstrate clarity of thought and quality of argument in educational issues relating to international education and globalisation 4. make critical use of the literature and professional experience the field of education, synthesising information from a number of sources in order to gain coherent understandings and make informed judgements in the absence of complete data 5. apply knowledge and skills critically to policy and practice in international education and globalisation including critiquing the evidence underpinning policy/ practice (and change in practice) 6. formulate and articulate well-reasoned arguments, insights and conclusions and communicate this to specialist and non-specialist audiences orally and in writing 7. contribute effectively to professional debate and discussion in the fields of international education and globalisation. 8. assess their own learning needs and enhance their future professional practice in international education and globalisation. Transferable/key skills Together, the MA IEG units contribute to programme learning outcomes 1-13 for transferable/ key skills. Therefore, having studied the unit, students will be able to demonstrate: 1. cross-cultural sensitivity and effective interpersonal communication skills 2. written and oral communication including presentation skills 3. critical and creative thinking skills 4. problem solving and decision making skills applied to complex and unpredictable situations and familiar and unfamiliar problems 5. independent study and learning skills 6. information skillls including literature search 7. ICT skills for study, searching for information, networking, communicating ideas and discussing with others 8. ICT skills for academic and professional development 9. independent and group working skills 10. time management and organisation skills and prioritising workloads 11. producing work to meet agreed objectives and deadlines, responding appropriately to feedback from tutors and peers 12. exercising initiative and personal responsibility 13. self-evaluation of academic and professional performance as a basis for development. Content: The Unit will cover the following areas: 1. Innovation and change: meanings and values 2. Innovation in context 3. Innovation in teaching and learning: the change process 4. Innovation in schools and systems 5. Sustaining innovation 6. Leading innovation. |
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ED50490 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Education
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