MODULE SPECIFICATION FORM
Module Title: Negotiated Study – Professional Studies
Module code:
EDS607
Existing/New:
New
Level: 6
Semester(s) in which to be offered:
1 and2
Credit Value: 10
With effect from: Sept 2009
Title of module being replaced (if any): N/A
Originating Subject: Education and Community
Module duration (contact hours/
directed/directed private study:
30/30/40
Module Leader: Karen Griffiths
Status: core/option/elective (identify programme where
appropriate): Core
Percentage taught by Subjects other than originating Subject (please name other Subjects): N/A
Programme(s) in which to be
offered:
Professional Graduate
Certificate in Education
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Pre-requisites per programme
(between levels):
none
Co-requisites per programme
(within a level):
Module Aims
 Develop an area of professional interest derived from work-based experience and/or national
and organisational influences and developments
 Develop the autonomy in investigating and reflecting upon an issue of professional interest
Expected Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module, students should be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding:
1. Select an area of interest in the Post-compulsory education and training sector relevant to their
practice
2. Justify and rationalise the choice in terms of relevance to continuing professional development
3. Critically review a broad range educational literature including empirical research appropriate
to their chosen area of study
4. Critically analyse the issues surrounding their chosen topic and synthesise it to their practice
5. Develop learning outcomes against which the report can be evaluated
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
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Analysis and synthesis
Report writing
Presentation skills
Assessment
Report
Learning
Outcomes to be
met
1-5
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Type of assessment
Report - critical analysis
to reflect both the
module learning
outcomes and specific
personally developed
learning outcomes.
Weighting
Duration
(if exam)
100%
N/A
Word count or
equivalent if
appropriate
3000
Learning and Teaching Strategies
The module will be learner-centred and delivered through a piece of directed study, which has been
negotiated with a module tutor. Learners will be guided towards appropriate texts for their chosen
topic. The learner in consultation with their module tutor will compile a learning agreement. The module
tutor will then support the learner through their negotiated study through a series of tutorials.
A series of workshops will be conducted to enable learners to share their experiences and problemsolve.
 Negotiate an area of professional practice upon which to base the study.
 Complete a learning agreement provided giving a rationale for the study.
Syllabus outline
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Conducting small-scale investigations
Research methodology
14-16 curriculum
Citizenship
Every Learner Matters
Basic skills
Welsh contextualised to LLUK standards
Useful reading
Bell, J. (2005), Doing your Research Project. 4th ed. Maidenhead: OUP.
Lumby, J. and Foskett, N.H. (2005), 14-19 Education: Policy, Leadership and Learning. London: Sage.
http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/ete/agencies/lsc/
http://www.campaign-forlearning.org.uk/cfl/assets/documents/Attachments/Events/121208%20Flyer%282%29.pdf
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/home/index.cfm
http://cymru.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2002/070502JDNationalbasicskills?lang=cy
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