Level 6 Preparation for Practice Projects

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University Standard Module Template

This statement and the guidance given below in italic type should be removed before the

template is issued to students

Faculty:

Education, Law & Social Sciences (ELSS)

School/Department:

School of Life

Module Title:

Level 6 Preparation for Practice: Projects

Programme(s) on which the module is delivered:

BA (Hons) Life in Practice

Programme aims addressed through this module:State which of the programme aims this module supports. You just need to list them here.

Foster confidence and self-belief in order to empower learners to find solutions to life

challenges.

Provide practical experiences and develop reflective learners who are able to communicate

effectively and contribute in a diverse team setting.

Provide an opportunity for learners to experiment with critical decision making skills, open-

mindedness and creativity.

Indicative contentListthe broad subject topics and/or skills students have the opportunity to learn through studying this module

Recognising and solving problems

Applying communication and co-ordination skills

Team working and leadership in practice

Identifying and responding to customer./client/stakeholder requirements

Recognising and responding to external constraints (time/financial/political/social)

Project managementincluding the planning and implementation of strategies

Creativity and generation of ideas and solutions

Predominant delivery method:Please tick as appropriate

Study mode(s):Please tick as appropriate

Campus-based Full time

Distance-based self study Part time

Workplace-based Offered in both modes

Campus-based but with a placement

component


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Intended Learning Outcomes:All learning outcomes must be assessed but one assessment may cover more than one learning outcome. The

learning outcomes should reflect the programme aims identified above and should inform the assessment

methods used for both summative and formative assessments. Learning outcomes should be designed to ensure

that a range of knowledge and skills is developed and assessed. It is not advisable, however, to have overly

complex or too detailed learning outcomes. The number of learning outcomes should also be limited (normally a

module should have no more than four learning outcomes).Learning outcomes:

1. Plan and independently manage a substantial self-initiated project based on an

analysis of research into appropriate societal opportunities and needs.

2. Produce a creative product with supporting documentation which demonstrates a

combination of appropriate skills and production processes, autonomous decision-

making skills and personal initiative.

3. Work in collaboration with other people to implement or deliver the project within

an appropriate social environment.

4. Critically evaluate the project and the production process and analyse the

consequent impact on their own personal and professional development and the

wider social context

Learning and Teaching methodsHow will the student experience the module? Through skills-based workshops? Seminar? Lectures? Online

forums?

Workshop sessions and online forums for students to explore and share project ideas and

proposals and make connections and team up where appropriate

Regular(1 hours every two weeks) supervision sessions to provide guidance and support forindependent learning

Breakdown of study time:The Key Information Set (KIS) requires you to publish broad information in relation to how students will spend

their time when studying a course. In relation to this moduleplease indicate the proportion of time (as a

percentage of total study time) that students will spend in:

Scheduled learning and teaching activities 10%

Guided independent learning 90%

Placement/study abroad 0%N.B. The three figures should add up to exactly 100(%)


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Assessment and Feedback:Identify below the nature and timing of the summative and formative assessment opportunities available to

students studying the module. Assessment criteria do not need to be shown here but must be included in the

assessment brief.

Summative assessment:Summative assessments are used to make judgements about what students have learned from studying themodule. Therefore, they contribute to the overall mark for the module and for progression or the award.

Summative assessment may be taken partway through the module (when students have had the opportunity to

complete the learning needed for that assessment) or at the end of the module.

Assignment 1(Worth 10%): A proposal for an individual or group project, based on sound

research which identifies a genuine social need for the product and provides an action plan

and schedule for implementation(LO1)

Assignment 2(Worth 90%): Completion and delivery of the individual or group project, with

supporting documentation and a critical evaluation, produced by each individual student,

which assesses its success in terms of the social context and the students personal andprofessional development(LO 1, 2,3 and 4)

Broad assessment type:The Key Information Set (KIS) requires you to publish broad information in relation to assessment. Please indicate

which of the categories below the summative assessment regime described above would fit into:

Written exams:

Practical exams:

Coursework:

Formative assessment:Formative assessments are those interim assessment opportunities whereby students can gain an enhanced

understanding of how well they are progressing with their learning; such opportunities may include some tests

being offered for the purposes of generating some feedback. Formative assessments also allow tutors to focus on

the needs of the student group.

Students will receive peer and tutor feedback on their ideas in the workshops and via the

online forum.

The proposal is a small part of the summative assessment but it also forms an important

element of formative feedback as it can be used as a basis for discussion in tutorials about

the planning and delivery of the project.

Feedback:In relation to both summative and formative assessment, at what point(s) and in what forms will feedback be

available to students? In addition to feedback associated with formative and summative assessments, what other

opportunities will there be for students to receive feedback on their performance? (e.g. seminars, tutorials, online

forums etc)

Formative feedback will be delivered immediately in workshops, online forums and

supervision tutorials.Feedback for Assignment 1will be returned within 20 working days which will provide time


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for students to respond to the feedback in the planning and delivery of their projects.

Marks and written feedback for Assignment 2 will be returned within 20 working days of

submission.

Related Modules

If applicable, offer an explanation of how the module relates to learning in other modules you should include

details of any pre-requisites, co-requisites or excluded modules where they exist.

Where an assessment is shared between this and other modules, name those modules here.

This module will build directly on the Level 4 and 5 Preparation for Practice modules.

It also runs alongside and could possibly provide opportunities for connections with the Level

6 Placement module.

Learning Resources

(Refer to course resource list)

Include indicative reading and refer to any electronic resources with particular reference to any non-standard

critical resources i.e. those resources which are essential to the delivery of the module and which are not part ofthe Universitys core provision - e.g. you may wish to identify specialised teaching space which is required to run

the module.

Where possible, books should be listed in a PERB format: Purchase; Essential; Recommended; Background.

Essential

Lock, Dennis Project Management (10th

Edition)Gower 2013

Recommended

Harrin, ElizabethProject Management in the

Real World

British Computer Society

2006

Gary ThomasHow to do your research

Project (2nd

Edition)Sage 2013


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The following section to be completed by the Faculty Office:

Module Code: LIF6007 Level (e.g. level 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7): 6

Where necessary, agreed abbreviated moduletitle for the SRS (maximum xxx characters)

PPP

Credit value: 30 Credits

Module Leader: Sue Heseltine

Module start date(s) during the current academic year:

September 2014

Module finish date(s) during the current academic year:

May 2015

Assessment weightings:

2 linked items of assessment will be used:

Assignment 1 - 50% (LO 1, 2)

Assignment 250% (LO 2, 3,4)

For SRS Team Use Only:

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