SEND: Curriculum and Context - DIQ1230

Assessment 1: Oral presentation/assessment

Presentations with peer and tutor feedback.

Oral presentation/assessment

Assessment 2: Written draft

Discussion of first drafts of assignments; face to face tutorials; electronic or other distance tutorial or discussion facility; group discussions and tutorials with peer and tutor feedback.

Written draft

Assessment 1: Presentation

A presentation in which trainees will locate the SEN/D curriculum in the present policy context. This will explore how educational policy in the specialist area relates to the values and beliefs that underpin the trainee&#39;s professional practice.

Presentation

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

A project that evaluates the relevance and effectiveness of a curriculum in the specialist area of SEN/D provision and suggests improvements to its design. It will show an understanding of the planning and decision-making process that underpins the organisation of the curriculum and identify the characteristics that are integral to its successful implementation.

Written Assignment 

<p>This module will develop your understanding of special educational provision in the lifelong learning sector and disability equality in the lifelong learning curriculum. You will explore ways of working effectively with and supporting the achievement of learners with SEN/D in mainstream and specialist contexts within lifelong learning. You will examine education reform and UK policy on post-16 SEN/D provision along with the ways in which national, local and organisational policy influence the SEN/D curriculum. You will draw on appropriate evidence to evaluate – and enact improvements to – professional practice. </p>

School of Education and Professional Development

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Initial Teacher Training Life Long Learning

DIQ1230 - SEND: Curriculum and Context

SEND: Curriculum and Context

Discuss the impact of policy approaches to SEN/D teaching on curriculum design.

Engage in curriculum development that is informed by evidence-based theories and practices in the field of SEN/D.

Engage with academic literature on curriculum, professionalism and subject specialism.

Identify links between research-informed practice and curriculum development.

Discuss the impact of SEN/D curriculum policy on professional values, identity and practice.

Explore the role that SEN/D provision in lifelong learning plays in enabling social mobility and advancing equality and diversity.

Discuss the professional values and beliefs shaping lifelong learning.	

Consider SEN/D-specific practices that have the potential to improve student achievement in own context.

Appraise the development of own values and professional standards in relation to current practice.

Reflect upon the development of own values and professional expertise in relation to curriculum development in SEN/D.