EDU8050 : Frameworks for Practice

Offered for Year: 2025/26

Module Leader(s): Dr Wilma Barrow
Lecturer: Dr Mel Whitby, Dr Tim Cox, Dr Fiona Boyd, Dr Emma Miller, Dr Richard Parker

Owning School: Education, Communication & Language Sci
Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus

Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 3 Credit Value:	30
ECTS Credits:	15.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

To develop ethical and legal professional standards of practice;

To consider the nature and impact of professional assessment/intervention;

To provide students with opportunities to reflect on their own professional development and continuing professional development;

To ensure students are ‘fit to practise’;

To develop a critique of aspects of practice.

In this module we consider professional behaviour, ethics and practice in the particular context of the application of psychology in consultation, assessment,intervention, training and research. Thus, attention is given to the Health and Care Profession Council's(HCPC) Standards of proficiency, and the HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics, the British Psychological Society’s (BPS) Code of Conduct and the Division of Educational and Child Psychology’s (DECP) professional guidelines for EPs. We also consider legislative,policy and safeguarding matters that determine the nature and scope of professional work. The ways LAs/ EPSs change and develop in response to evolving needs are considered here, as are quality assurance processes to support delivery of qualityservices. An understanding is included of the structures of Children’s Service authorities.

Outline Of Syllabus

The syllabus will address the following themes:
Assessment and wider practice and research frameworks for EPs
How EPs effect change
EP Practice: Models of psychology

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities

Category	Activity	Number	Length	Student Hours	Comment
Guided Independent Study	Assessment preparation and completion	1	100:00	100:00	N/A
Guided Independent Study	Directed research and reading	1	60:00	60:00	N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities	Practical	3	6:00	18:00	N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities	Workshops	30	3:00	90:00	N/A
Guided Independent Study	Student-led group activity	7	3:00	21:00	N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities	Drop-in/surgery	4	1:00	4:00	N/A
Guided Independent Study	Independent study	1	7:00	7:00	N/A
Total	300:00

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Presentation and discussion in seminars outlines the field and areas for enquiry. Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) requires group work, research and synthesis. Professional Fieldwork Practice provides context and active engagement. The assignment requires consolidation, reflection, distillation and communication.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Other Assessment

Description	Semester	When Set	Percentage	Comment
Essay	3	M	100	4,000 - 5,000 words, demonstrate knowledge, understanding & skillful application

Module