Diploma in Education and Training

Assignment 1:

Introduction:

This assignment will cover a range of topics around planning and preparing for the actual teaching and assessment sessions with your learners. The assignment is broken down into different tasks, that will help your assessor to sign off various assessment criteria for different units holistically - thus saving you a lot of time and resulting in a quicker completion of your course.

Task 1
You are required to write an essay describing and evaluating your own area of specialism. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

Question 1. Explain key aims of education and training in own specialist area
Question 2. Describe the aims and structure of key qualifications and learning programmes in own specialist area
Question 3. Evaluate a learning programme taking account of the quality arrangements of your organisation. Based on the outcomes of your evaluation, identify the areas for improvement in the learning programme
Question 4. Analyse the quality improvement and quality assurance arrangements of your organisation

Task 2

You are required to write an essay on how you plan your teaching, learning and assessment effectively. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

1. Explain how your approach to planning and preparation for the delivery of a learning programme in own specialist area:
i. takes account of key curriculum issues, including the role of new and emerging technologies
ii. takes account of theories, principles and models of learning, communication and assessment to meet inclusive needs of your learners
iii. meets the inclusive needs of your learners
iv. enables you to meet the aims of the programme

Task 3

You are required to write an essay to demonstrate understanding of some of the practical aspects of teaching, learning and assessment. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

2. Analyse ways in which you demonstrate minimum core elements in planning, delivering and assessing inclusive teaching and learning
3. Devise a scheme of work taking account of: internal and external requirements; the needs of learners; and the delivery model
4. Design teaching and learning plans which take account of: the individual goals; needs and learning preferences of all learners; and curriculum requirements
5. Record learners' individual learning goals
6. Demonstrate the use of assessment data in: monitoring learners' achievement; attainment and progress; setting learners' targets; planning subsequent sessions; and recording the outcomes of assessment

Task 4

You are required to write an essay on how you use reflective practice to improve your knowledge and skills in order to effectively fulfil your role. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

1. Analyse theories and models of reflection and evaluation
2. Explain ways in which theories and models of reflection and evaluation can be applied to reviewing own practice
3. Use theories and models of reflection to evaluate the effectiveness of own practice in planning, delivering and assessing inclusive teaching and learning
4. Review the effectiveness of own knowledge and skills in a specialist area.
5. Evaluate the effectiveness of use of creative and innovative approaches in own area of specialism
6. Identify own strengths and areas for improvement in relation to practice in a specialist area, specifying opportunities to improve and update own knowledge and skills

Assignment 2:

Part 2

This assignment will cover a range of theories, models and philosophies that impact your role as a teacher/trainer. The assignment is broken down into different tasks, that will help your assessor to sign off various assessment criteria for different units holistically - thus saving you a lot of time and resulting in a quicker completion of your course.

Task 1

You are required to write an essay on factors influencing the subject area and the sector that you operate in. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

1. Analyse philosophical issues relating to education and training in your specialist area (Unit 7: AC 1.2).
2. Explain ways in which social, political and economic factors influence education policy in your area of specialism (Unit 4: AC 2.1).
3. Analyse the impact of current educational policies on curriculum and practice in own area of specialism (Unit 4: AC 2.2).

Task 2

You are required to write an essay on the teaching pedagogies that are most appropriate to the different learning styles and needs of your learners. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

1. Review the impact of personal, social and cultural factors on learning (Unit 5: AC 1.1).
2. Review the impact of different cognitive, physical, and sensory abilities on learning (Unit 5: AC 1.2).
3. Analyse models of learning preferences (Unit 3: AC 1.3).
4. Analyse theories, principles and models of learning (Unit 3: AC 1.1).
5. Explain ways in which theories, principles and models of learning can be applied to teaching, learning and assessment (Unit 3: AC 1.2)
6. Analyse the application of pedagogical principles in own area of specialism (Unit 2: AC 1.1).

Task 3

You are required to write an essay on the effective use of communication models to fulfil your role and responsibilities. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

1. Analyse benefits and limitations of communication methods and media used in own area of specialism (Unit 1: AC 5.2).
2. Analyse theories, principles and models of communication (Unit 3: AC 2.1).
3. Explain ways in which theories, principles and models of communication can be applied to teaching, learning and assessment (Unit 3: AC 2.2).
4. Explain how own delivery of inclusive teaching and learning has taken account of theories, principles and models of learning and communication (Unit 2: AC 4.5).

Task 4

You are required to write an essay on various theories and models of curriculum development. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

1. Analyse theories and models of curriculum development.
2. Further explain ways in which these can be applied in developing curricula in your area of specialism.
3. Analyse how theories, principles and models of inclusive curriculum design can be used to inform resource development in own specialist area.

Assignment 3:

Introduction:

This assignment will cover a range of topics around preparation of learning resources and assessment. The assignment is broken down into different tasks, that will help your assessor to sign off various assessment criteria for different units holistically - thus saving you a lot of time and resulting in a quicker completion of your course.

Task 1

You are required to write an essay on the use and effectiveness of various assessment methods and techniques. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

1. Explain the purposes and types of assessment used in education and training.
2. Analyse the effectiveness of assessment methods in relation to meeting the individual needs of learners.
3. Analyse theories, principles and models of assessment (Unit 3: AC 3.1). Explain ways in which these can be applied in practice to assess learning. Give three examples of how your assessment practice has made use of these theories, principles and models
4. Analyse the role and use of initial and diagnostic assessment in agreeing individual learning goals.
5. Explain the function of self-assessment and self-evaluation in the quality cycle

Task 2

You are required to write a reflective account of how you have applied the various principles, theories, models and methods of assessment in practice. The account must be broken down into the following sections:

1. How do you communicate assessment information to other professionals with an interest in learner achievement ?
2. How do you demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in using types and methods of assessment to meet individual learning needs and assessment requirements?
3. How have you designed assessments that met the individual needs of learners
4. How have you used initial and diagnostic assessments to agree learners' individual goals and learning preferences, with appropriate recording of the assessment evidences
5. How have you used types and methods of assessment, including peer and self-assessment, to: - involve learners in assessment; - meet the individual needs of learners; - enable learners to produce assessment evidence that is valid, reliable, sufficient, authentic and current; and - meet internal and external assessment requirements?

Task 3

You are required to write an essay explaining the role of feedback in the assessment process. The essay must be broken down into the following sections:

1. Identify opportunities for learners to provide feedback to inform inclusive practice
2. Use questioning and feedback to contribute to the assessment process

Task 4

You are required to write an essay on various principles, theories, models and methods of developing learning resources. The account must be broken down into the following sections:

1. Explain the purpose of resources in teaching and learning
2. Analyse principles of resource design
3. Evaluate sources that inform resource development in own specialist area
4. Explain ways in which resources can be classified and stored
5. Explain how have you used and adapted inclusive teaching and learning approaches and resources, including technologies, to engage and meet the individual needs of learners in own specialist area
6. Review ways of sharing resources with other learning professionals
7. Analyse the effectiveness of resources used in own area of specialism in relation to meeting the individual needs of learners
8. Identify own strengths and areas for improvement in relation to development and use of resources in own specialist area, planning for opportunities to improve own skills in development and use of resources