1. Justify choice of a specific aspect of inclusion in need of development at your organisation
Enquiry

2. Justify approach to investigating the chosen aspect of inclusion in at your organisation
Applicationż

3. Critically evaluate how findings may inform the quality improvement and assurance arrangements of your own organisation.
Problem solving

4. Articulately and professionally communicate findings
Communication

5. Critically evaluate the effectiveness of a practitioner-led investigation in relation to own organisational and wider professional practice in inclusive education.
Analysis

1. A formal report justifying proposed practice developments relating to an aspect of inclusive practice within your organisation. (50% weighting, 3,000 words, LOs 1-3).

2. A professional conversation about your proposed practice developments. The professional conversation will take around 20 minutes. 50% weighting) (LOs 4-5).

'Future Improvements to Inclusive Practice' gives you the opportunity to engage in an in-depth investigation of a specific element of inclusion with your workplace that you consider is most in need of development. You will explore different theoretical approaches to investigation, enabling you to select the approach most appropriate to your report. You will also learn about different approaches to gaining data such as interviews and focus groups and will use this understanding to involve your colleagues in a constructive discussion about inclusion at your workplace.

This will enable you to compile a formal report justifying proposed practice developments regarding a specific aspect of inclusive practice at your organisation, empowering you to make critically informed recommendations for improvement. Your findings will be presented to your peers.

In terms of developing your inclusive practice, specific topics to be covered include -
Inclusive curriculum design and evolution
Working with parents, carers and guardians
Effective multi-agency working to promote inclusion
Governors, Management & External Accountability
The School in the Community

Learners may use their reflection from the previous module Contemporary Issues in Inclusive Education as a starting point for their report into an aspect of inclusive practice which they consider needs developing within their organisation. They will interview colleagues to discuss the issue, which, with data from their organisation will enable them to compile a report which proposes recommendations for future practice. An appended action plan will illustrate how developments could be organised and implemented. Learners will then engage in a Professional Discussion to justify the practice development recommendations they have made.

This module will be fully delivered online so prior to commencing the module, learners will be expected to have access to reliable IT equipment and broadband sufficient for participating in live streamed webinars. Learning will take place through a combination of live (synchronous) activities as well as asynchronous resources using a flipped learning approach. Asynchronous activities include work-based tasks recorded lectures, self-assessments and independent study which will be set as preparatory work prior to each live session. Live approaches to learning include webinars, workshops, collaborative learning activities and student-led professional conversations.

For academic support, learners can arrange a tutorial/tutorials with their module tutor of up to 1 hour in total where draft assessment work may be discussed. Further academic skills support is available from the academic skills tutors: https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/appointments/education and IT support also available: from Digital Services: https://www.staffs.ac.uk/students/digital-services

As well as texts from Contemporary Issues in Inclusive Education, learners will find the following specifically useful for this module -

BERA (2018) Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (4th Edn.)

BELL, J. (2018) Doing Your Research Project (7th Edition), Maidenhead: Open University Press.

COHEN, L. MANION, L and MORRISON, K. (2017) Research Methods in Education (8th edition), London: Routledge.

DENSCOMBE, M. (2010) The Good Research Guide (4THEdn.) Buckinghamshire: OUP.

GILLHAM, B (2005) Research Interviewing. London: Bloomsbury.

NEWBY, P. (2015) Educational Research. London. Bloomsbury.

WOODSIDE, G. Case Study Research Methods. UK: Emerald publishing.

SHARP, J. (2009) Success with your Education Research Project. Exeter: Learning Matters.

Teams and Blackboard VLE will be used throughout the programme. All books on the module reading list are available as e-books from the university library*. *Correct at time of going to print.

'Future Improvements to Inclusive Practice' gives you the opportunity to engage in an in-depth investigation of a specific element of inclusion with your workplace that you consider is most in need of development. You will explore different theoretical approaches to investigation, enabling you to select the approach most appropriate to your report. You will also learn about different approaches to gaining data such as interviews and focus groups and will use this understanding to involve your colleagues in a constructive discussion about inclusion at your workplace.

This will enable you to compile a formal report justifying proposed practice developments regarding a specific aspect of inclusive practice at your organisation, empowering you to make critically informed recommendations for improvement. Your findings will be presented to your peers.

In terms of developing your inclusive practice, specific topics to be covered include -
Inclusive curriculum design and evolution
Working with parents, carers and guardians
Effective multi-agency working to promote inclusion
Governors, Management & External Accountability
The School in the Community