Working with Children with Literacy Difficulties (Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice) - 2012 entry

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Overview

The course is designed for experienced teachers working with children and young people with literacy difficulties and is organised by Oxford Brookes in partnership with Oxfordshire LEA. The course meets the criteria for the taught elements of Associate Membership to the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA).

Why Brookes?

The School of Education at Oxford Brookes is one of the largest Schools of education in the UK, combining high quality teaching and significant research and consultancy activity in an outstanding location, with superb sporting, recreational and study facilities.

As a Postgraduate student you will be joining a University which is widely regarded as a major contibutor to the improvement of education and learning, locally and nationally. The School of Education is a focal point for lively, informed debate on education through its seminar and lecture programmes, including the high profile Oxford Education debates. We are proud to be co-sponsors of the Oxford Academy, a community secondary school, where Oxford Brookes staff and students provide practical support to pupils and teaching staff.

We work in close partnership with hundreds of schools and colleges and other organisations.

Our 110-acre Harcourt Hill campus offers all the benefits of a complete academic community on one site. We have all the facilities that you'd expect from a University like Oxford Brookes but its the people that really make the School of Education such a great place to study. You will be  working with highly regarded academics who are at the forefront of their subjects. Drawing on our cutting-edge, research-led teaching, our courses will advance your knowledge and develop your professional skills. Academics work alongside students from a wide range of backgrounds, and with the support of a caring and efficient administrative staff, provide a rich and diverse intellectual and social environment.

In detail

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Course content

Course structure / content

This is a three module course leading to the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice: Literacy Difficulties.

The modules are:

  • Alternative Perspectives on Literacy Difficulties
  • Literacy Difficulties Assessment and Intervention
  • Managing Literacy Difficulties in School.

Alternative Perspectives on Literacy Difficulties

Content includes:

  • an overview of normal literacy processes - literacy and self esteem
  • debates on the terminology and aetiology of literacy difficulties
  • the historical and policy frameworks for supporting children with literacy difficulties
  • reviewing the research on alternative explanations of dyslexia
  • ‘dyslexia’, ‘dyspraxia’, ‘attention deficit disorder’ and related difficulties.

 

Literacy Difficulties Assessment and Intervention


Content includes:

  • the phonics debate: what emphasis and which model (synthetic or analytic phonics)
  • assessing literacy difficulties - reviewing a range of assessment techniques
  • interpreting evidence from specialist reports
  • teaching interventions: multi-sensory / precision teaching / phonological approaches / meta-cognitive approaches e.g. Reading Recovery, Phonographixs, counselling support
  • maximising educational access - when to support and when to go around difficulties
  • developing organisational and thinking skills
  • shared workshops on case study material.

 

Managing Literacy Difficulties in School.

Content includes:

  • whole school policies e.g. creating a dyslexia friendly school
  • talking with parents about their children’s literacy difficulties
  • acting as advocate for children with literacy difficulties (case building and report writing)
  • working with external agencies re. children with literacy difficulties
  • creating a resource base to support good provision for children with literacy difficulties
  • working with / training TAs to support children with reading difficulties
  • preparing pupils for formal examination procedures (e.g. amanuensis etc).

As our courses are reviewed regularly, course content may change from the details given here.

Teaching, learning and assessment

Module 1

Course schedule:

The course contact time is typically:
one whole day and three evenings (approx. 18 hours contact time)
3 online discussions (approx 12 hours of contact time).

Assessment:

There are two elements to the assignment:
1. An online summary (500 words).
2. An essay developing a theme with reference to ‘alternative perspectives on literacy difficulties’.


Module 2

Course schedule: 

The course contact time is typically:
one whole day and four evenings (approx 21 hours contact time)
2 online discussions (approx 9 hours of contact time).

Assessment:

A portfolio of work following through the assessment and intervention for children / young people with literacy difficulties (3,000 words). This assignment will have an observed practice element for those students wishing to achieve BDA accreditation.

Module 3

Course schedule:

The course contact time is typically:

  • one whole day and four evenings (approx. 21 hours contact time)
  • two online discussions (approx 9 hours of contact time).

Assessment:

A portfolio of work following through the assessment and intervention for children / young people with literacy difficulties (3,000 words). This assignment will have an observed practice element for those students wishing to achieve BDA accreditation.

Free language courses for students - the Open Module

Free language courses are available to all full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying any course on our Headington (including Marston Road), Harcourt Hill or Wheatley Campuses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.

Key facts

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Michael Jolliffe
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Faculty

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department

School of Education

Course length

Part-time: 12 months

Teaching location

Harcourt Hill Campus

Start date

September 2012

Apply / Entry reqs

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Michael Jolliffe
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English language requirements

Please see the university's standard English language requirements.

This course is not available to non-EEA students unless you have an immigration status which allows you to study part-time in the UK.

How to apply

Please email education@brookes.ac.uk for an application form.

Conditions of acceptance

When you accept our offer you agree to the conditions of acceptance. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.

Credit transfer

Oxford Brookes operates the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All postgraduate single modules are equivalent to 10 ECTS credits, double modules to 20 ECTS credits, and treble modules to 30 ECTS credits. A full master's course will carry 90 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.

Fees / funding

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TUITION FEES

Questions about fees?
Contact Student Finance on:
+44 (0)1865 483088
finance-fees@brookes.ac.uk

Scholarships and funding

For general sources of financial support, see funding for Postgraduate students from the UK and EU.

Oxford

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Why Oxford is a great place to study Working with Children with Literacy Difficulties (Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice)

As a student in Oxford you'll be at the heart of the UK's most successful economic region and in a centre for leading industries which provides you with a host of learning opportunities. Because Oxford is one of the world's great academic cities, it is a key centre of debate, with conferences, seminars and forums taking place across education, science, the arts and many other subjects. In addition to our own excellent libraries and resource centres, our postgraduate students have access to the world-renowned Bodleian Library and the Radcliffe Science Library.

Support

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How Brookes supports postgraduate students

Supporting your learning

From academic advisers and support co-ordinators to specialist subject librarians and other learning support staff, we want to ensure that you get the best out of your studies.

Personal support services

We want your time at Brookes to be as enjoyable and successful as possible. That's why we provide all the facilities you need to be relaxed, happy and healthy throughout your studies.

Research

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Michael Jolliffe
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