STUDY

In order to improve to practice, it is necessary not only to be self-reflective, but also to acknowledge your own weaknesses in practice. This module will provide you with the opportunities to continue to develop your practice through research into your own weaknesses. To this end the module is based on your requirements so as to be of real value to workplace.

This module focusses upon your own strengths and the concepts of good practice applicable to your sector. However, you are also required to consider the challenges when cascading good practice to others. Employers have stated that students have good ideas, but they need to persuade the rest of the staff, and therefore this module considers this process.

The module develops understanding of leadership and management that will by requiring you to lead a project. Although it is imperative that practitioners develop skills and knowledge in leading early years practice, not all of you may wish to be in a formal leadership role, and in addition, some students work in the school sector, for whom a leadership role may not be appropriate.

This module builds on previous study undertaken at Level 5 and takes as its basis the theoretical knowledge acquired in research methodology and process together with skills in the critical evaluation of published research. It provides you with an opportunity planning, design, analysis, and critical evaluation and to investigate a topic of your own choice and seeks to equip you with the skills of project