5B017E - Professional Learning Practice 01 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2032 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | 5B017E | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Professional Learning Practice | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Education | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Education | ||
| Module Leader: | Lise Jacobsen | ||
| Module Team: | Alun Prosser, Mark Iggulden, Louise Simpson, Kelly McCarthy | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2026 | Final Year of Intake: | 2031 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 30 | Credit Level: | 5 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100655 - community work | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2026 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2032 |
Module Aims
The main aims of the module are:
To develop skills in appropriate application of social pedagogy and non-formal learning methods with children, young people, families, and communities, employing values, social pedagogy approaches, and theories relevant to work in a social care setting, underpinned by the Social Pedagogy Standards and Charter (SPPA, 2022).
To enable students to explore, evaluate and reflect on the provision available across life in the community in which they practice, focusing on anti-oppressive practice and the significance of culture and community (Thompson, 2021), underpinned by the Social Pedagogy Standards and Charter (SPPA, 2022).?
Content Summary
This module will provide you with the opportunity to explore social pedagogy concepts, theories, and approaches, and how to apply these in practice when working with children, young people, families, and communities, as well as individuals across life. The module is applicable to real life professional contexts, set in a professional context aimed at directly influencing students’ professional development in practice.
The module presents you with learning opportunities in recognising and understanding social pedagogy concepts and approaches and building up a repertoire of how these concepts and approaches can be applied in your own practice in placement. The concepts will be presented by lecturers and support you with recognising how these can be linked to your placement when working across life with children, young people, families, and communities. The module will support theoretical links to reflective practice. It encourages you to engage in planning, delivery and evaluation of their work with children, young people, families, and communities, through professional mentoring sessions and reflective processes.
You will be introduced to the concepts of social pedagogy and how these can be applied when working with children, young people, families and communities in social care. Recognising that an action is not social pedagogical because some methods are used in this action, but because the methods are chosen and used because you are thinking and practicing as a social pedagogy practitioner.
The module is based on recent relevant pedagogical research, social pedagogy approaches, as well as policies at organisational, local, national and international levels and will inform the module content.
You are expected to complete 40 hours of practice learning for this module which is underpinned by the Social Pedagogy Standards and Charter (SPPA, 2022) and the PCS model (Thompson, 2021) of the culture and community dimension.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 49 |
| Tutorials | 7 |
| Summative Assessment | 60 |
| Formative Assessment | 5 |
| Guided Study | 65 |
| Placement | 16 |
| Practical Class/Workshops | 98 |
| Total Hours Selected | 300 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | To demonstrate a knowledge and evaluation of the concepts, theories, and approaches of social pedagogy when working with e.g. children, young people, families and communities in a social care setting. |
| LO2 | To explore the community of practice and evaluate the provision available across life in their placement |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Self-reflective Assessment | Accumulate a minimum of 40 placement hours and write an 800-word reflection that forms part of the PSRB requirements for status of Social Pedagogy Practitioner. | 0 | 800 | 25 | No | 40 |
| Synchronous Onsite Oral Assessment | Individual Presentation (Synchronous Onsite) | Present a poster at a showcase event that explores students’ skills and competencies in relation to the approaches of social pedagogy, ADP and AOP and the significance of culture and community, and how this can be applied in practice when working with either children, young people, families, and/ or communities | 0 | 2000 | 75 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Self-reflective Assessment | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Individual Presentation (Synchronous Onsite) | ✔ | ✔ | |