Professional Enquiry: Taking Action And Making An Intervention EDUC3021

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Education
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 3 (SCQF level 9)
  • Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

Investigation and development of awareness into the leadership and management styles required to lead a team of practitioners.

Timetable

3 full day inputs from 9am - 3.30pm

Requirements of Entry

None

Excluded Courses

None

Assessment

The assignment will be in three parts.

Part 1: Present an account of a critical incident related to leadership in your workplace - including theories of leadership and summarising the learning that has taken place. (which could be utilising a ppt, poster, visual representation) (750 words equivalent) 30%

 

Part 2: Write a reflective narrative about a project including aspects of: forming the team, the change process, the project's impact and any other relevant aspects. Clear links to theory should be evident. (1250 words +/- 10%) 50%

 

Part 3: Write a reflective commentary on your own professional development during the implementation of the project within the childhood practice setting, with a particular focus on your experience of shared or distributed leadership. (500 words +/- 10%) 20%

 

Students are required to successfully complete two sections of this assignment.

Course Aims

The course aims to:

explore and use a range of strategies to support setting evaluation and improvement

through critical reflection develop skills and strategies which support self-improvement as a manager.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

1 - Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of change.

 

2 - Link theories of change to the practicalities of implementing change within a childhood practice setting.


3 - Demonstrate an understanding of distributed or shared leadership and show evidence of utilising this approach to leadership in the setting

 

4 - Identify critical incidents and analyse these as a prompt for reflection on issues related to leadership.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

At least 66% attendance. Students must attend the equivalent of 2 full days of input out of 3.
Participation in formative assessment task.
Submission of summative assessment task.

Students must pass two out of the three assessment elements to obtain a pass grade.