EDI and Social Justice: Curriculum and Context - DMQ1030

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 their specialist curriculum in the present policy context. This will critically explore how educational policy in the specialist area relates to the values and beliefs that underpin the trainee&#39;s professional practice, with a particular focus on EDI and social justice issues.

Presentation

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

A project that critically evaluates the relevance and effectiveness of a curriculum in the specialist area with a particular focus on the challenges posed by inclusion in everyday educational practice. The project should evaluate current strategies for inclusion and place the curriculum within its social and educational context. The submission may involve either empirical or conceptual enquiry. It must demonstrate significant engagement with relevant research literature and a critical understanding of key principles of curriculum design. 

Written Assignment

<p>This module explores the ways in which lifelong learning can address inequity and disadvantage. It introduces some key conceptual frameworks for understanding equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and social justice within a lifelong learning context. You will critique the socio-political ideologies that impact upon curriculum design and implementation in the lifelong learning sector. You will critically analyse the sectorial expectations around inclusion, equality and participation that guide the work of the lifelong learning practitioner and the ways in which lifelong learning can extend opportunities for students from a range of backgrounds. You will assess some of the key philosophical positions in the field of inclusive education and critically appraise your own values in relation to inclusive and socially just practice.  </p>

School of Education and Professional Development

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Initial Teacher Training Life Long Learning

DMQ1030 - EDI and Social Justice: Curriculum and Context

EDI and Social Justice: Curriculum and Context

Critically evaluate the impact of policy approaches to inclusive lifelong education on curriculum design.

Critically assess the development of own values and professional practice in relation to inclusive education.

Critically discuss the professional values and beliefs shaping lifelong learning.

Investigate the role of the inclusive curriculum in extending opportunities for students from a range of social, cultural, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.

Interrogate EDI practices that have the potential to improve student achievement in own context.

Critically reflect upon the development of own values and beliefs in relation to EDI and the curriculum.

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

Identify links between research-informed practice and curriculum development.

Engage critically in curriculum development that is informed by evidence-based theories and practices in the field of inclusive education.

Synthesise academic literature on curriculum, professionalism and subject specialism.