ED4S084 - Collaborative and Professional Practice 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: ED4S084
Module Title: Collaborative and Professional Practice
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Professional Learning in Education
Faculty Sub Group: Social Work
Module Leader: Yasmeen Multani
Module Team:
First Intended Intake: SEP 2021 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100459 - education studies
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Sep 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

This module aims to develop a critical understanding of the value and purpose of professionals working collaboratively to raise standards for all students. It focuses on the opportunities and purposes of collaborative engagement in professional practice and considers the international evidence about different forms of professional collaboration and the consequential impact on learners. The module aims to consolidate how issues of inclusivity, equity and student wellbeing can be maximised through collaborative forms of professional practice.

Content Summary

• Establishing and evaluating forms of collaborative working and team learning aimed at supporting learning, knowledge, and professionalism.
• Engagement with, and evaluation of, improvement principles for continual school and professional development.
• Gathering evidence and using data to develop and inform professional practice to raise standards.
• The impact of interprofessional collaborative/ team and networked learning to respond to challenges and opportunities aimed at enhancing learning and teaching.
• Professional practices that address the well-being and safeguarding responsibilities for both learners and staff alike.
• Critically reflective practice skills to evaluate students’ own values, beliefs, and assumptions about improving classroom practice.
• The knowledge, skills, and critical understanding to develop inclusive approaches to teaching and learning.
• Developing strategies to meet the needs of all learners and to provide effective supporting networks in a self-improving system.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 16
Seminar 6
Independent Study 178
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Recognise and defend the value of collaborating with colleagues, learners, parents and other stakeholders in order to progress the learning of all young people.
LO2 Exercise their contractual, pastoral, legal and professional responsibilities in order to meet the needs and maximise the potential of all learners.
LO3 Manage their own well-being, as well as developing their ability to contribute to the well-being and safeguarding of the learners in their care.
LO4 Critically analyse and evaluate their own values and beliefs concerning teaching and learning in order to develop as a reflective practitioner.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Poster 1 Annotated academic poster 0 4000 100 No 50

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4
Poster 1

Reading List

Datnow, A. and Park, V. (2018) Professional Collaboration with Purpose: Teacher Learning Towards Equitable and Excellent Schools. Abingdon: Routledge.

Hargreaves, A. and O’Connor, M. T. (2018) Collaborative Professionalism: When Teaching Together Means Learning for All. London: Corwin Press.

Brookfield, S. and Preskill, S. (2012) Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for a Democratic Classroom. Second Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Davis, B., Sumara, D. and Luce-Kapler, R. (2015) Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education Practice of Teaching. Third Edition. Abingdon: Routledge.

Hattie, J. and Zierer, K. (2017) 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning: Teaching for Success. Abingdon: Routledge.