Beginning A Career

Beginning A Career

Introduction

This 15 credit level 7 (Masters level) Beginning a Career module is ideal for those following the route for Early Career Teachers (ECTs) exploring areas for professional development.

The aims of this module are to:

• develop your professional reflective skills within an educational context

• establish your analytical reflective habit of mind to inform professional progress

• develop your Level 7 academic literacy skills appropriate to the field of Education.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• explore critically how reflection on practice in an educational setting influences professional understanding and learner success

• reflect critically on a range of evidence in either the initial induction period or early teaching experience with reference to the relationship of theory and practice

• analyse and evaluate critically personal progress at selected review points to inform professional development.

Careers / Further study

This module can contribute to the MA Education (three to five year version and two year version).