At the beginning of each semester, a meeting will be convened for all students on the module and all tutors. At this meeting, priorities will be agreed and general plans formulated. Part of the purpose of these early meetings is to introduce to students strategies for planning and managing projects. A broad schedule will negotiated for each student. This schedule will be devised so as to minimise the load on students near assessment deadlines for other modules.
Each student will be assigned one supervisor for the module, and will meet the supervisor at at a fixed time each week. The purpose of these meetings could be one or all of the following: (i) to review and evaluate progress made on projects previously; (ii) to formulate plans for addressing the next tasks; (iii) to impart knowledge and skills necessary to completion of tasks (e.g. polite and professional ways of inviting speakers, how to organise a stimulating event for secondary ed students, how to get information about upcoming conferences, etc.); (iv) where necessary, agree changes to the broad schedule agreed at the beginning of the term.

By interview only

The module will be assessed by:
-50%, A 1500 word appraisal of ongoing work. This will be based on all the notes made by the tutor in the weekly meetings. The notes will concern the extent to which students have engaged pro-actively and effectively in activities, and met the module's learning outcomes in the process (e.g. evidence of effective and timely communication with teachers at local colleges). (2,3,4)
-50%, A 2500 word final report of what they have done, with a reflective piece on the difficulties they encountered and how they were overcome. (1,3,4)

Students will be directly involved and/or responsible for a variety of activities, including some or all of the following:
-Assisting in the planning and organization of events with local schools and colleges, such as 6th form conferences.
-Helping ensure quality of recruitment materials vis a vis the current secondary educational environment.
-Organizing the undergraduate philosophy society
-Inviting visiting speakers to talk to undergraduates students
-Disseminating information to undergraduate students about events relevant to them (e.g. undergraduate essay competitions, undergraduate philosophy conferences, conferences on themes of particular interest to students)
-Updating the Philosophy web-site and/or Subject Blackboard space (after training, if required)
-Assembling an on-line library of excellent student work that will be available to other students (under the guidance of tutors)
In this way, the module aims to provide students with experience in organizing activities and projects related to the provision of Philosophy from secondary through higher education. It is expected that this will be of general benefit to employability, but especially for those students contemplating a career in education. The module also aims to permit students the opportunity to enhance the quality of experience of the community of students on all Philosophy awards at Staffordshire University in these ways:
-Students will have access to a greater number of activities and projects related to philosophy beyond simply taking modules.
-Their activity will be given a new focus and their achievements (outstanding coursework essays, reports from conferences etc.) made available to the group

Library, IT facilities, induction with office staff
The Blackboard virtual learning envionment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Kelly, A. V. (2009) The Curriculum: Theory and Practice. 6th Ed. Sage.
Lacewing, Michael. (2008) Philosophy for AS. Routledge.
Noddings, Nel (2006). The Philosophy of Education. 2nd Ed. Westview.
Resources from the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre: http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk/
Philosophy Benchmarking Statement: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchmark/honours/philosophy.asp
Examination specification documents, e.g.: http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gceasa/phi.php