Course description
Framing Learning through the Curriculum
This module willenable you to gain an understanding of the processes involved in curriculum design and development and to explore innovative strategies to enhance the learning journey.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Entry requirements
- Ability to study at level 7
- Professional registration as a healthcare professional:
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Working in health and social care.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Credits: 15
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:
- Critically analyse and demonstrate an understanding of a range of curriculum models.
- Be critically aware of the social, economic and political factors which influence the curriculum in practice and higher education settings.
- Analyse curriculum documentation and specifications to inform your approachto curriculum design, delivery and evaluation.
- Develop the skills associated with creativity to generate new ways of delivery.
Training Course Content
Indicative module content includes:
- Curriculum philosophy, design and models
- Factors influencing the curriculum
- Role and value of information and communications technology (ICT)in the curriculum
- Integrating skills laboratories into curriculum design
- Competency-based curriculum
- Building on experience
- The learning journey through the curriculum.
Course delivery details
For the 2022/23 curriculum, our CPD moduleswill be delivered usinghybrid learning. This means that depending on the subject and content of learning and teaching, modules will mainly be delivered via a combination of face to face and online delivery, as this has worked really well for our practice-based colleagues. A couple of modules will be delivered solely online, however for most modules face to face contact time and attendance at the university will be required.
Learning and teaching methods include:
- Lectures
- Presentations
- Group work
- Seminars
- Discussion
- Case studies
- E-learning.