FdA Teaching and Learning

• Year 1

• Core modules

  • Learners and Education (SOUD1391)

    This module introduces students to the psychology of learning and development. This module aims to enable students to gain insights into how to adapt their practice in education settings to meet the needs of individual students and to create personalised learning programmes.

  • Professional Practice (SOUD1394)

    This is a work based learning course where students will be encouraged to evaluate their own professional skills, abilities and competencies and compare these with those required for their occupation, profession or workplace.

  • The Reflective Practitioner (SOUD1395)

    This module will allow students to consider the importance of Continued Professional Development and how curriculum frameworks have changed and developed over time and ultimately influence their practice.

  Optional modules

  • Information, Advice and Guidance (SOUD1397)

    Students will develop an understanding of the key legislation, policies, procedures and frameworks which govern the delivery of effective advice and guidance. Students will study the key features of effective resource design and development for information materials. Students will develop a detailed understanding of the referral and mediation process.

  • Inclusion and Wellbeing (SOUD1499)

    The module brings together discussions about educational inclusion and wellbeing to enable students to explore the theoretical concepts. This will be in relation to their own practice, the children and young people they work with, and their settings.

• Year 2

• Core modules

  • Educational Policy and Practice (SOUD1390)

    This module offers a background to the processes of education, learning and teaching in both formal and informal settings, including contexts, systems, practices and contemporary issues.

  • Core Curriculum Support (SOUD1486)

    This module will promote understanding of how learners become literate and numerate, with an examination of linked strategies that aim to support and promote this development. The module will also explore curriculum frameworks; and the expectations for attainment by learning support assistants and learners.

  • Social Pedagogy (SOUD2342)

    Social pedagogy draws on core theories from education, sociology, psychology and philosophy to interpret how children and young people interact with society and its impact on well-being, learning and growth. It is about meeting the holistic needs of children, young people and their families.

  • Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND): Behaviour (SOUD2454)

    This module introduces psychological, social, emotional and cultural aspects of behaviour and the need to understand this in the context of interaction, communication, learning and teaching. The module explores the impact of behavioural difficulties on the child, their families and on others in the classroom as well as discussing the supporting role of education practitioners from a variety of psychological perspectives.

• Final year

• Core modules

  • Professional Investigation (SOUD2345)

    A negotiated and supervised individual work based project, within an area of personal interest.

  • Research Methods (SOUD2347)

    A research methodologies based module focusing on the research process. In this module students will identify an area of research, write a proposal which links to underpinning theoretical frameworks to form a solid research platform.

  • Rights and Responsibilities (SOUD2456)

    This module identifies the key concepts, definitions, policies and legal frameworks relevant to educational settings to protect the rights and promote the responsibilities of children, young people and their families, and the practitioners and professionals that work with them. There will be a particular emphasis on safeguarding and child protection.

  Optional modules

  • Promoting Positive Behaviour (SOUD2344)

    Exploration of the necessary theories and practice which underpin the promotion of positive behaviour. Students will analyse the influences which affect individuals from sociological, psychological, biological and environmental perspectives by drawing on their experiences from practice and underpinning with theory.

  • Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND): Learning (SOUD2455)

    This module introduces contemporary issues with regard to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, exploring policy and practice in contemporary education.

For further information and to apply for this course, please contact the college's admissions team directly using the contact details below.