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PCAP module 1: the contemporary academic in context
This module aims to provide you with a theoretical grounding in the principles of academic practice and its political and social contexts. Its purpose is to support you in building on your existing skills and knowledge to act as an effective academic operating with integrity in your department, in the university and in the national and international context. It is intended to enhance your confidence and effectiveness through informed reflection on your own practice.
This is a core module if you're involved in a teaching and research role.
For further information on this module, please see the module 1 course descriptor
Module dates
You will need to attend all 3 sessions:
- Thursday 3 January 2013
- Friday 4 January 2013
- Friday 22 February 2013
PCAP module 2: creating effective learning in higher education
This module aims to enable anyone who teaches and/or supports students’ learning, within a higher education context, to improve their professional practice through structured dialogue with their peers and colleagues in the sector. It is designed to develop supportive communities of practice amongst academics and professional staff in Higher Education. Peer dialogue for practice development adopts a scholarly process of collaborative enquiry: participants will engage in structured, creative dialogue with relevant academic and professional peers in HE, in order actively to develop one or more aspects of their practice. Through exploration of relevant education theory, recent developments in HE and University policy, participants will also locate and evaluate their practice within current institutional, political and social contexts.
For further information on this module, please see the module 2 course descriptor
Module dates
You will need to attend all 5 of the sessions of your chosen cohort. All dates are Friday mornings.
Cohort 1
- Friday 12 October 2012
- Friday 26 October 2012
- Friday 9 November 2012
- Friday 23 November 2012
- Friday 7 December 2012
Cohort 2
- Friday 18 January 2013
- Friday 1 February 2013
- Friday 15 February 2013
- Friday 1 March 2013
- Friday 15 March 2013
PCAP module 3: the professional as learner, teacher and researcher
To develop the effectiveness of participants as academics at the University of Exeter through systematic enquiry into, and critical reflection upon, salient issues of professional practice in the related fields of teaching, learning and research. The module will contribute to the development of effective, academically credible and ethical strategies for professional success amongst participants.
For further information about the module, please see the module 3 course descriptor
Module dates
You will need to attend all 3 sessions:
- Thursday 25 April 2013
- Friday 26 April 2013
- Friday 14 June 2013
