In semester one, you will be enrolled onto several new and innovative courses including the ‘Interdependent’ learner where you will explore what it means to be a student in an interdependent world, the main emphasis is on bonding as a cohort as you engage in a range of collaborative activities and a group presentation. You will then be enrolled on to ‘Children and Young people in Society’ where you will develop your understanding of how children learn, their place in society and how ACEs can impact child development and how a range of professionals can support children to thrive. Finally, you will be involved in the ‘Theories of Education’ module where you will be introduced to a wide range of theories to address questions such as, what is the purpose of education? Who decides what is in the curriculum? And how has the role of the educator evolved over time? In this module, you will produce a podcast exploring your own philosophy to education.

Full-time

Tuesdays 14:00-20:00pm

Part-time

Tuesdays 16:00-20:00pm

Full details of your individual academic timetable will be available on mynewman after you have completed online enrolment and set up your student login.

Please engage with the following reading lists before embarking on the course:

ELF401: The Interdependent Learner

Indicative Essential Reading

Bedford, D. and Wilson, E. (2013) Study Skills for Foundation Degrees. 2nd edn.London: David Fulton Publishers Ltd.

Cottrell, S. (2019) The Study Skills Handbook. 5th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Jefferson, M. (2017) Transforming schools: creativity, critical reflection, communication, collaboration. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Hargreaves, A. (2018) Collaborative Professionalism: when teaching together means working for all. Thousand Oaks: Corwin.

Johnson, D. W. (2009) Joining together: group theory and group skills. Upper Saddle River N.J. Pearson.

Marshall L., and Rowland F. (2004) A Guide to Learning Independently, 3rd ed. Buckingham: Open University Press.

ELF402 Children and Young People in Society

Indicative Essential Reading

Alfrey, Claire (2004) Understanding children’s learning: a text for teaching assistants. London, David Fulton.

Doherty, J. and Hughes, M. (2014) Child development: theory and practice 0-11. 2nd edn. Essex: Pearson

Smith, P.K., Cowie H. and Blades, M., (2015) 6th edition Understanding children’s development. London: John Wiley & Sons

Tatton, A., Bright, C., and Thomas, L (2018) Supporting children and young people in schools: Abingdon: Routledge

Yeo, A. and Lovell, T. (2002) Sociology and social policy for the early years. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

ELF403: Theories of Education

Indicative Essential Reading

Bartlett, S. and Burton, D. (2016) Introduction to education studies. London: Sage.

Ball, S. (2017) The education debate. 3rd edn. Bristol: Policy Press. (2013, 2nd edn is an (eBook)

Biesta, G. (2014) The beautiful risk of education. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers. EBook

Gray, C. and MacBlain, S. (2015) Learning theories in childhood. London: SAGE.

Illeris, K. (2018) Contemporary theories of learning: learning theorists – in their own words. London: Routledge.