This course is the introductory course on the MEd Academic Practice and the PGCAP. Through this course you will explore learning and teaching practices as part of your initial professional development as a teacher in higher education. You will be encouraged to apply learning to your teaching practice and to reflect on your teaching throughout the duration of the course. This course forms part of the Early Career Development Programme.

There are approximately 80 hours of facilitated study on this course. Around 18 hours are 'online live', synchronous sessions online (approximately weekly). Three of these hours are small group tutorials, two hours are a workshop with the remainder being large group seminars. Much of the remaining timetable involves asynchronous 'online anytime' learning activities designed by the lecturers for you to complete. Lecturers will provide guidance on when these asynchronous activities would be best attempted (e.g. before or after 'online live' sessions).

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The summative assessment for EDUC5981 is a Portfolio of Practice. The Portfolio of Practice will comprise eight items that each comprise reflections on different aspects of your practice. Five of these items are compulsory and three items will be selected from a set list. The Portfolio of Practice will total 3000 words, individual portfolio items may vary in size.

This course aims to introduce you to the Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning (PSF) as a tool for developing as a teacher in higher education. Through the PSF you will explore learning and teaching practice as part of your initial professional development. The course will enable you to consider and reflect on your practice as a teacher and supporter of learning in higher education, with reference to literature, the practice of others and through evaluation.

By the end of this course you should be able to:

1. Critically reflect on your practice in relation to appropriate dimensions of the PSF [A2, A4, K1, K2, K3, K4, V1, V2, V3, V5];

2. Explain how your practice is influenced by scholarship;

3. Critically reflect on student learning in the context of your practice; and

4. Demonstrate the implications of the institutional environment on your practice.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.