ED55HS: Activities, Knowledge & Values

ED55HS: ACTIVITIES, KNOWLEDGE & VALUES (2024-2025)

Last modified: 20 Jun 2025 15:06

Course Overview

The second compulsory taught course on the PG Cert, ‘Activities, Knowledge & Values’ will address 5 themes (each delivered in a two-week block), which will be delivered as 5 synchronous interactive seminars (90 minutes). There will be fortnightly, asynchronous discussion-board activities, short video recordings, and topical readings. Overall, this course will balance theory with reflective practice in learning and teaching in higher education.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	Second Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Aaron Thom

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

The course will comprise 5 topical themes in learning and teaching in higher education, as outlined below. For each theme, the asynchronous activities will precede their synchronous session.

1: Reasons to Teach

A reflective opening to this PG Cert course, to reflect on learning from the first course, and to allow for insightful discussions from participants about their own professional development.

2: Value of Theories for Learning

Translating theory into practice.

3: Audience and Obstacles

A topical theme addressing major issues in higher education’
Align teaching and assessment approaches to appropriate SCQF Levels.

4: Nurturing a Learning Community

Investing in people, staff, and students.

5: Concepts: Fit for Practice?

Does the conceptualisation of theorising academia work in practice?

This course is fully aligned with the . It is divided into five online sessions, supported by four formative assessments and one summative assessment. Course materials, including pre-session learning activities and online delivery utilise the University’s virtual learning environment, MyAberdeen.

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

Report: Individual

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks	35	Feedback Weeks	39	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	2,500-word reflective practice letter, aligned with the UKPSF. Individual written feedback will be provided.

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Formative Assessment

Video session

Assessment Type	Formative	Weighting
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	10-minute video session to be peer-marked

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Annotated bibliography

Assessment Type	Formative	Weighting
Assessment Weeks	31	Feedback Weeks	33	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	500-word annotated bibliography. Focusing on two key sources that you will be using in the Summative Assessment. Written feedback will be provided.

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Reflective Report

Assessment Type	Formative	Weighting
Assessment Weeks	27	Feedback Weeks	29	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Reflection on academic practice

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Individual UKPSF alignment grid

Assessment Type	Formative	Weighting
Assessment Weeks	39	Feedback Weeks	41	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Individual UKPSF alignment grid (800 words). Written feedback will be provided.

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Resit Assessments

Report: Individual

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks	50	Feedback Weeks	51	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	2,500 individual Reflective Letter. Individual written feedback will be provided.

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Reflection	Evaluate	Critically reflect upon their teaching practice within the dimensions of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF), to enhance the quality of their teaching.
Conceptual	Evaluate	Critically evaluate the literature in contemporary fields of learning and teaching developments.
Procedural	Evaluate	Construct arguments for change in learning and teaching practice, through discussion and written report.
Reflection	Create	Exemplify, in the written report, arguments for change in learning and teaching, through discipline-related reflection, synthesised with the literature.

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