A presentation of 12 minutes in length.

The presentation will be entitled 'What is the relationship between leadership and management and the culture within your organisation?'. This will demand students to outline the differences between leadership and management and how combined these impact upon the culture of the organisation.

Tests learning outcome 1,2 and 3

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The learning strategies will require students to commit 150 learning hours of which 15 hours will consist of contact time.
Lectures (5 x 3 hrs) provide students with a broad theoretical overview and the conceptual frameworks which underpin educational leadership and management. This incorporates tutorial support activities will provide students with the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills to apply the underpinning theories to an examination of leadership and management in their own context, in preparation for the assignment. This will also comprise:
Tutorials - Students will be given the opportunity to discuss work-related and academic concerns in small group tutorials and individual tutorials. This will support the development of understanding.
Practical workshops will develop application and reflection through practical workshops where issues, documents and materials will be analysed and discussed.
A further 135 hours of independent study will require students to read and think about a range of contemporary issues in education and how they relate to their own employment context. This will form the basis of the assignment. This will comprise:
Work Related Learning - Students will be required to complete work related tasks. This will provide them with the opportunity to link theoretical perspectives to their practice. It will also enable them to reflect on values, practices, assumptions and policies.
Guided reading and supported self study - students will be provided with booklists and reading tasks in order to enable them to engage with relevant and appropriate debates.
VLE - Blackboard will be used to facilitate exchange of ideas and access to specific resources and activities. Students will be encouraged to use Information and Communication Technology, including word processing, data bases, internet communication, information retrieval and on-line searches throughout their studies.
Students are also required to organise and review their lecture notes and undertake preparatory reading and research on assigned materials in order to participate in, and lead, class discussions individually and as part of a group.

The purpose of this module is to provide students with an opportunity to consider the organisation and management issues within education in the UK. Topics studied will include understanding the term organisational behaviour, investigating organisational structure in educational settings, developing an awareness of possible future development in educational management and an understanding of government influence on educational provisions. Students will identify the how the trend towards privatisation of services has affected educational settings, reflect on what makes a successful educational setting and debate the government demand on education.