Program Overview

Pedagogical Perspectives Module

The Pedagogical Perspectives module, coded as BA30057, is a comprehensive course that explores the approaches educators use to develop awareness about individual children and their learning processes. This module is designed to help students understand different methods and strategies in early years education, with a focus on play and creativity within a professional context.

Module Details

• Credits: 30
• Level: 3
• Semester: Runs across both semesters
• School: School of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law
• Discipline: Education and Society

What You Will Learn

In this module, students will:

• Learn how their own values, attitudes, and principles influence their learning approach
• Explore the way in which theory and policy define particular learning approaches and how these create learning experiences
• Discuss strategies to promote play and creativity
• Find the links between professional practice, theory, and research

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

• Critically analyse learning approaches through engagement with theory and in relation to practice
• Identify aspects of their own practice that they would like to further develop
• Understand how their own values, attitudes, and principles influence their learning approach
• Access and critically evaluate professionally relevant literature, showing breadth and depth of reading
• Critically report, analyse, and evaluate literature sources on learning perspectives, making links to practice
• Critically analyse learning approaches with an emphasis on play and creativity

Assignments / Assessment

• Essay: 3,000 words (100%) This module does not have a final exam.

Teaching Methods / Timetable

Teaching methods include:

• Online modules
• Online blog interactions
• Face-to-face workshops
• Live/recorded webinars Students will have some flexibility to work through materials at their own pace, fitting their study in with work and life commitments.

Courses

This module is available on the following courses:

• Undergraduate courses:
  • Childhood Studies BA
  • Childhood Practice BA