Module: Teaching & Learning in Health & Society

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Teaching & Learning in Health & Society
Module Code	NS389 (ITS) / EDU1053 (Banner)
Faculty	Science & Health	School	Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health
Module Co-ordinator	Therese Leufer
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

This module aims to equip participants with the requisite knowledge and skills to develop and design tailored units of learning suited for delivery to individuals and groups across diverse settings within Health and Society.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explore key factors influencing the design and delivery of units of learning within health and society.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of key learning theories underpinning the practice of teaching.
3. Design tailored units of learning for delivery in a variety of contexts targeting the needs of health and society.
4. Critically appraise teaching, learning and assessment practices (self and peers) through practical demonstrations.
5. Evaluate and reflect on approaches to effective teaching, learning and assessment with respect to own practice and local/national agendas in health and society.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	16	Face to face
Directed learning	4	Prescribed learning and engagement with module tasks
Class Presentation	4	Presentation related tasks.
Class Presentation	101	Independant learning
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative content and learning activities
• Pedagogy-Planning for teaching and learning in a variety of contexts. • Effective Education-Theoretical perspectives on teaching and learning • Creating a suitable learning environment -What works and why? • Methods-Strategies for teaching and learning in a variety of contexts. • Practice-Designing and delivering tailored units of learning. • Evaluation-Assessment & evaluating learning. • Incorporating principles and approaches to using digital technologies to enhance and support learning.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	Task relating to the planning and delivery of teaching & learning to a defined audience.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Benes S Alperin H: 2021, The Essentials of Teaching Health Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment., 2nd Edition, Human Kinetics., Illinois.,
Muijs D and Reynolds D: 2017, Effective Teaching: Evidence and Practice, 4th Edition, SAGE Publications Ltd., London,
Gravells A: 2017, Principles and Practices of Teaching and Training., Sage, London,
Kyriacou C: 2018, Essential Teaching Skills, 5th Edition, OUP, Oxford,
Palmer L: 2015, Presentation Skills: Portraying Confidence, Answering Tricky Questions & Structuring Content., CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.,
Thompson C and Spenceley L: 2020, Learning theories for everyday teaching., Learning Matters., London,

Other Resources

59959, ebook _ OPEN access, Bates A, 2019, Teaching in a digital age:Guidelines for designing teaching and learning, California, pressbooks.bccampus.ca, https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev2/,