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Introduction
The BA Inclusive Education Degree is aimed at students that have completed the Inclusive Education Foundation Degree.
The programme is designed for students working as Teaching Assistants/LSAs or other personnel working or volunteering with other learning environments. This worked based learning degree aims to relate real-world situations to learning as well as the links between theory, policy, and practice.
The BA Inclusive Education is not only delivered at the three campuses, it is also delivered in wider community settings such as Monkton Priory School in Pembrokeshire.
The programme has a strong ethos of supporting students in collaborative learning and developing opportunities to engage in a wider learning community through professional dialogue.
Students will have the opportunity to present their work in either Welsh or English.
Why choose this course?
1. Flexibility – sessions are delivered as twilight sessions as well as Saturdays
2. Work based learning
3. Career progression – PGCE, MA
4. Informal delivery
5. No exams.
Overview
Building on the Foundation Degree in Inclusive Education, this one-year top-up BA programme is designed to deepen understanding of 21st Century education and further develop students’ academic writing, communication, and thinking skills in the digital era.
The programme has the following general educational and specific aims:
• To provide students with knowledge, skills, and understanding of education in a fast-changing world
• To offer a broad and balanced knowledge and understanding of the principal features of education in diverse contexts
• To engage students in fundamental questioning concerning the purposes and values underpinning education
• To help students become aware of issues and problems associated with education theory, policy, and practice
• To engage students in discourses about educational processes
• To encourage students to acquire a range of transferable academic skills and to work independently and collaboratively
• The programme supports employability through the inclusion of wide areas of study, reflecting the needs of learners within the sectors as well as wider national and international agendas
• To develop students’ ability to produce rational arguments on educational issues in a clear and coherent manner
• To promote a range of personal qualities including autonomy, flexibility, reflective thinking, and critical engagement.
The BA programme also aims to develop curriculum-related delivery to ensure that our students are provided with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will equip them for their future contribution, within and beyond their workplace, to education, the economy, community and environment.
Modules
Level 4 (CertHE, Foundation Degree & BA)
• Additional Needs in Context (20 credits; compulsory)
• Contemporary Challenges: Making a Difference (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Exploring Behaviour and Interventions in the Learning Environment (20 credits; compulsory)
• Learning in the Digital Era (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Principles of Learning and Teaching (20 credits; compulsory)
• Supporting the Learner (20 credits; compulsory).
Level 5 (Foundation Degree & BA)
• Celebrating Language and Cultural Belonging to Wales (20 credits; compulsory)
• Changemakers: Building your Personal Brand for Sustainable Employment (20 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing (20 credits; compulsory)
• Keeping our Children Safe (20 credits; compulsory)
• Literacy: A Key to Learning (20 credits; compulsory)
• Numbers Count (20 credits; compulsory).
Level 6 (BA)
• Classroom Management (20 credits; compulsory)
• Global Perspectives in Education (20 credits; compulsory)
• Independent Project (40 credits; compulsory; Graduate Attributes Framework module)
• Moving Away from the Traditional Classroom – Outdoor Education and Learning (20 credits; compulsory)
• Moving Away from the Traditional Classroom – The Silent Digital Revolution in Education (20 credits; compulsory).
Entry Criteria
Foundation Degree in Education or equivalent.
ENTRY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Home Office Share Code
For EU students only.
IF no Qualification
Please provide CV with at least 2 years of work experience, and employee reference letter.
Assessment
ASSESSMENT METHODS
1. INTERNAL ENGLISH TEST if you don't have an English accredited certificate
2. Academic Interview
Assessment
Your written, verbal communication and creative skills will be developed across different methods as you learn the appropriate communication style for a subject area. For example, you might encounter a range of different assessment methods, including essays, reports, blogs, vlogs, as appropriate to different subject areas. There are no written examinations.
Career Opportunities
Our students are already employed/volunteering in educational settings. This programme allows students to continue working while studying.
The programme is designed to enable students to build on a range of skills which can lead to enhanced employment and promotion opportunities in their workplace/voluntary role.
This includes the pursuit of Qualified Teacher Status through a PGCE course. Additionally, some students choose to pursue post-graduate studies in related fields.
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