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ED52037: Leading and managing educational innovation

[Page last updated: 11 December 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Education
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Modular - no specific semester
Assessment Summary: CWSI 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Set exercises (CWSI 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, you will be able to: Demonstrate critical understanding informed by research and theory and professional experience of the nature, scope and limits of practice in leading and managing educational innovation analyse critically prescriptions for practice in leading and managing educational innovation critically assess the applicability of innovation(s) to individuals' professional context apply this understanding and critical analysis in reviewing the practice of leading and managing innovation in their professional context and consider how it may be improved and developed in sustainable ways.


Synopsis: What is innovation? Why is managing educational change so difficult? How do researchers and practitioners explore and explain change? Enhance your critical understanding of these questions and develop skills and knowledge in leadership theory, research and practice with this unit. You will evaluate implications for leaders managing innovation and sustainability in different contexts, e.g., in the classroom, within organisations and across educational systems.

Content: This unit engages students with eight topics: 1: Innovation and Change (SDG 4, 16) 2: Innovation in Perspective (SDG 4,5,8,10,16) 3: Innovation in Context (SDG 4, 10, 16) 4: Innovation in Teaching and Learning (SDG 4) 5: Innovation in Schools (SDG 4, 8) 6: Innovation in Policy (SDG 4, 10, 16) 7: Sustaining and Evaluating Innovation (SDG 4, 8, 16) 8: Emotions in Educational Organisations (SDG 4, 5, 16)

Course availability:

ED52037 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Education

ED52037 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Education

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