This module will provide you with a rigorous, theoretically and evidence informed, view of effects of teaching and school organisation on students' learning. It will enable you to judge the extent to which claims for preferring one approach to another can currently be justified by available evidence whilst also providing a basis for developing your own practise and supporting the development of others and the institution in which you work. The module review effects of teaching on a range of outcomes including attainment, inclusion and aspirations.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
20.1
Critically analyse school and classroom effects on a range of outcomes;
20.2
Critically evaluate the use of school, teacher and pupil performance monitoring systems;
20.3
Evaluate the significance for professional practice of theories of cognitive and affective change in schools;
20.4
Critically review processes for teachers' and students' self-review.
