This module offers you the opportunity to observe learning and teaching in an educational setting.  You will be required to undertake a placement in an educational setting for at least the equivalent of 15 days (e.g. 30 x 3hrs).  You will begin by considering your expectations about what you are about to observe and then make detailed recordings (as a journal) of what you see. Following this, you will analyse your recordings and then present your findings to your peers, followed by the production of a written report.  The module content will include ethical issues relating to research and enquiry, participant and non-participant observation, writing a learning journal, reflective writing, theories of learning, models of teaching and schooling and education.

This module offers you the opportunity to observe learning and teaching in an educational setting.  You will be required to undertake a placement in an educational setting for at least the equivalent of 10 days (e.g. 10 x 4hrs).  You will begin by considering your expectations about what you are about to observe and then make detailed recordings (as a journal) of what you see. Following this, you will analyse your recordings and then present your findings to your peers, followed by the production of a written report.  The module content will include ethical issues relating to research and enquiry, participant and non-participant observation, writing a learning journal, reflective writing, theories of learning, models of teaching and schooling and education.