The aim of this unit is to provide learners with a thorough understanding of the link between current educational research and practice by developing an understanding of educational theory, policy and practice.

• Contemporary Issues in Education

  This lecture discusses the contrmporary issues in education

• Quality Education Provision - Policy and Standards

  This lecture elaborates on quality education provision - policy and standards.

• Continuous Improvement in Education System

  This lecture elaborates the need for continuous improvement in education system

• Structure and Development in the UK Education System

  This lecture explains the structure and development in the UK education system

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of ways in which educational leadership and management can provide support during the process of change, developing leadership in the learners’ own educational context.

• Planning And Preparing For Change Management

  This lecture helps the learner define the concept of change management and its elements

• Understanding and Managing Change in Education

  This lecture elaborates the concept of change management in education

• Tools And Techniques For Monitoring Educational Change

  This lecture elaborates on the concept of SMART objectives, Gantt charts and Pert charts

• Monitoring And Measuring Educational Change

  This lecture defines the concept of change control and helps the learner understand the difference between change control and change management

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of the importance of managing intercultural communication and perspectives that help to determine educational policy applicable to national and international contexts.

• Managing Effective Intercultural Communication and Perspectives 1

  This lecture defines intercultural communication and its concepts

• Managing Effective Intercultural Communication and Perspectives 2

  This lecture elaborates on the relationship between communication, culture and education

• Managing Effective Intercultural Communication and Perspectives 3

  This lecture helps the learner understand cultural diversity and the elements of intercultural competence

• Managing Effective Intercultural Communication and Perspectives 4

  This lecture explores building intercultural understanding and the criteria for building the same

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ theoretical and practical grounding in approaches to teaching and learning, related to subject pedagogic knowledge and pedagogic practices.

• Guide - Tools for Self-Assessment

  Downloadable material to advance your understanding of this module.

• Pedagogy and Practice in Education Part 1

  This lecture defines the concept of effective teaching and pedadogy

• Pedagogy and Practice in Education Part 2

  This concept elaborates on learning approaches, pedadogy approaches and assessment approaches

• Understanding the Nature and Role of Knowledge in Developing Pedagogy

  This lecture defines the concept and nature of educational management

• Applying & Improving Pedagogical Practices

  This lecture elaborates on the concept of applied pedadogy

The aim is this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of reflective practice in order to apply this to their and other’s roles in an educational context, leading the planning for personal development.

• Guide - School Leader Self Reflection Tool

  Downloadable material to advance your understanding of this module.

• Guide - Educator Self Reflection Tool

  Downloadable material to advance your understanding of this module.

• Guide - Self Reflection for Personal Development as an Educator

  Downloadable material to advance your understanding of this module.

• Introduction to Reflective Practice Models and Approaches

  This lecture explains the concept of reflective practice

• Improving Educational Provision with Reflective Practice

  This lecture elaborates on reflective practice in education

• Reflective Practice Skills in Education Management

  This lecture further elaborates the concept and principles of reflective practice

• Leading Reflective Practice In Education

  This lecture defines the concept of self management

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ research skills to include understanding different research approaches, formulation of research proposals, planning research activity, analysing and interpreting data, and the relationship between research and evidence-based practice.

• Research Philosophies and Principles

    

• VIDEO - Overview of the Research Onion

  Watch this video to gain further insight.

• Selecting a Research Topic

   

• Searching and Reviewing Literature

   

• VIDEO - How to write a Literature Review

  Watch this video to gain further insight.

• Developing conceptual Framework

   

• PDF - How to create a Conceptual Framework

  Downloadable material to advance your understanding of this module.

• Research Strategy and Design

   

• Research Methods I

  Self-paced pre-recorded learning content on this topic.

• Research Methods II

  Self-paced pre-recorded learning content on this topic.

• PDF - How Observation is Used As a Research Method

  Downloadable material to advance your understanding of this module.

• Research Methods: Data Analysis

  Self-paced pre-recorded learning content on this topic.

• Research Proposal and Writing Up

   

• Research Ethics

  Self-paced pre-recorded learning content on this topic.

• QUIZ - Advanced Business Research Methods

  Put your knowledge to the test with this quiz. Read each question carefully and choose the response that you feel is correct.