In conjunction with Management Education and Learning B, this module aims to support first year students’ personal, professional and academic development within the context of Management Education and Learning at Birmingham Business School and the University of Birmingham. These modules emphasise the importance and practice of situated learning, reflectivity and communities of practice within Management Education and Learning to develop a university career. These modules run in synergy with the personal tutorial system, meetings and activities. As such, across the Management Education and Learning A & B, some dedicated peer-learning sets will be run with personal tutors. In addition, the module delivery includes a mix of learning activities within which students will be interacting with their peers, their personal tutors, the Career Network and the Academic Skills Centre.
Management Education and Learning A focuses more particularly on: 1. Academic skills such as critical thinking, academic writing, writing a literature review, reflectivity, referencing, exam revision, etc.; and 2. Personal and professional skills such as becoming an independent learner, reflectivity in practice, interacting with others, and learning as part of a community of practice.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Understand what management learning and reflective practice is and apply it to students’ own personal, academic and professional development;
Identify relevant academic literature and practice critical academic thinking;
Produce high quality academic work, which conform to formal academic requirements.
Assessment: Written 1,500-word essay/literature review on a choice of Management issues (80%) 250-word reflective piece of writing on a personal development activity (20%)
