This is the second of two sequential Languages curriculum units. In this unit, you will build upon knowledge gained in the previous unit, design teaching units for Languages learning and consider your role, as teacher, in this process. This will include investigating and devising learning and teaching experiences that are consequently supported by fair, valid and reliable assessment strategies to...

The aim of this unit is to introduce the concept of positive psychology into leadership practices and principles. The unit has been designed to encourage you to critically explore the theories, constructs and models within positive psychology, and how they can be integrated into the workplace environment. As a relatively new area of academic inquiry and application, but one with a significant...

This unit introduces you to pedagogies appropriate for supporting the learning of mathematics in classrooms. The unit will provide opportunities for you to develop your personal numeracy skills and to identify where these skills can be applied in the context of education support. You will develop an understanding of appropriate pedagogies for individualising numeracy development, along with the...

This unit introduces concepts and theories that deepen and broaden your understanding of the professional activity undertaken by education support workers in the classroom. It discusses the practical skills required in work contexts and provides opportunities to critically examine the nature of support for student learning and development. You will develop practical skills in reflection and...

Building on basic investigation and interviewing skills developed through previous training or in the workplace, this unit develops skills that will enable each student to conduct simple investigations on their own. Students will engage with contemporary literature regarding investigative techniques and technologies, intelligence gathering and evaluation, and questioning techniques that minimise...

In this unit, you’ll explore the critical roles of leaders, managers, governing bodies, staff, consumers, and the community in delivering safe, high-quality healthcare services. Effective governance structures, frameworks and systems will be evaluated, emphasising safety and quality requirements. By understanding leadership dynamics and stakeholder engagement, you’ll learn approaches to...

Perspectives on the Social World provides students with an understanding of the concepts and approaches developed by sociologists to explain major social changes in Western democracies from the end of the 18th century to the present. The unit is divided into three parts: the first examines the contribution of the classical social theorists – Marx, Weber and Durkheim – to understanding the...

Sculpture and Time-Based Media 1 (STBM 1) explores the integration of objects and spatiality with electronic and time-based media to provide a platform for creative experimentation and expression. You are able to focus on a specific medium within this unit, focusing on sculptural responses to the set tasks, or exploring how the inclusion of moving image, sound, projection, and digital media with...

This unit will enable students to critically evaluate the theory, practice and processes for managing data in the healthcare system. The foundations of health data, information, knowledge and wisdom will be introduced, including the concept of information architecture. Methods and the value of data analysis and interpretation are the central focus of the unit, along with an exploration of the...

In this unit, through a person-centred lens you will research and analyse evidence-informed approaches of care for older people living with dementia. You will investigate and critically evaluate care practices around dementia, delirium and depression and Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). Review of contemporary approaches to care of older people with these conditions will...