Your assignment will provide a comparison of the University of Glasgow’s teaching and learning strategy with that of another UK university. It will analyse similarities and differences in relation to three of the broad currents of your choice, using your own reading and the literature from the course.
A list of Learning and Teaching Strategy documents for you to choose from will be provided later in the semester.
Your assignment should comprise the following sections:
– Title: Use the title to summarise your argument (i.e. as a position statement)
– Abstract:
o Summarise the arguments in the three main sections and the conclusions of your assignment, remembering to state which two strategy documents you have chosen and the three broad currents you have selected to focus on.
– Introduction:
o Clearly identify the two strategy documents you have selected and briefly describe your reasons for doing so. Describe which broad currents are especially highlighted in each strategy, comparing and contrasting between strategies.
– Three main sections:
o Select three “broad currents”. For each current:
Concisely define and describe the current, using the literature.
Describe the extent to which this current is present in the strategy – explicitly, implicitly or not at all – in the two strategy documents (note that excluded currents may be just as enlightening as included ones). Compare and contrast between the strategies.
For each current, comment on the extent to which the discourse in the strategy document implies that it is included in the interests of: (a) students (undergraduate, postgraduate taught and research students); (b) staff at the university; (c) the University as a whole; (d) society at large. Discuss the extent which the research you have covered during the course and as part of your own reading suggests that this inclusion actually serves these interests. Use ideas and make connections from across the material covered in the sections on Learning Theory, Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Assessment.
– Conclusions:
o Summarise the points from the earlier sections to briefly describe how you would expect the teaching and learning experience to look in each institution. Pay attention to drawing conclusions about: the extent to which the broad currents studied as part of the course are reflected in the strategy documents; and the extent to which the research suggests that they serve the interests of learners and academic staff.
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