Education with Psychology (with Foundation Year)
UCAS Code: X8FY
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Successfully completed Access Diploma course
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
Bridging the disciplines of education and psychology, our Education with Psychology degree explores how young children and adolescents learn and develop in today’s society.
This dynamic course provides you with the opportunity to develop your knowledge of education alongside specialist areas of psychology such as human development and educational psychology and apply your specialist knowledge to real life circumstances, linking theory, policy and practice.
Combine this with our employability units and optional professional practice year, and you will be well-placed to enter your chosen career or further study to become a teacher or professional psychologist.
Modules
UNITS:
Early Child Psychology (EDC054-1) Compulsory
Key Concepts In Education Studies (EDC041-1) Compulsory
Narratives Of Childhood (EDC048-1) Compulsory
Psychology Of Adolescence (EDC049-1) Compulsory
The Inclusive Society (EDC053-1) Compulsory
Understanding The Workplace (EDC052-1) Compulsory
Investigating The Social World (EDC021-2) Compulsory
Social Processes And Lifespan Development (PSY001-2) Compulsory
The Professional Workplace (EDC064-2) Compulsory
Children And Young People In The Digital Age (EDC069-2) Optional
Comparative Education (EDC043-2) Optional
Deschooling (EDC061-2) Optional
Developing Professional Practice (EDC062-2) Optional
Developing Teaching Practice (EDC063-2) Optional
Families And Communities (EDC066-2) Optional
Policy And Practice In Special Educational Needs And Disability (EDC068-2) Optional
The Lifelong Curriculum (EDC067-2) Optional
Atypical Child And Adolescent Development: Theories And Applications (PSY001-3) Compulsory
Dissertation (EDC207-3) Compulsory
Perspectives On Pedagogy And Behaviour (EDC210-3) Compulsory
Psychology Of Mental Health (PSY006-3) Compulsory
Beyond Professionalism (EDC203-3) Optional
Children And Young People¿S Wellbeing (EDC204-3) Optional
Children, Young People And The Media (EDC212-3) Optional
Children¿S Literature (EDC205-3) Optional
Coaching Psychology (PSY002-3) Optional
Contemporary Debates In Education, Childhood And Youth (EDC206-3) Optional
Critical Debates In Send Education (EDC154-3) Optional
Philosophy Of Education (EDC163-3) Optional
Representations Of Disability (EDC209-3) Optional
Technology Enhanced Education (EDC217-3) Optional
Assessment methods
This course aims to provide a wide range of assessment methods to support the diverse needs of our learners. Assessments include exams, exhibitions, essays, webfolios, panel discussions, debates, practicals, case studies, reflective logs and presentations. The assignments will build directly on the teaching sessions and you will be supported by lectures to complete the assignments. Substantial guidance is provided on the VLE and in detailed assessment briefs. In level 4 more support is provided in the form of formative assessment opportunities and we will explain the role of constructive feedback to you. You will also have more hours dedicated to guided (staff directed learning activities) in level 4 compared to later in the course. There are opportunities for 1 to 1 and group tutorials to support the assessments both within units and in personal tutorials and staff office hours.
The overall purposes of assessment in this course are:
1. Objectively to measure your achievements against the specified learning outcomes of the unit and course (summative).
2. To assist student learning by providing appropriate feedback on performance (formative).
3. To provide a reliable and consistent basis for boards of examiners to determine the progression of, and conferment of achievement.
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