Welcome to the School of Education Seizing the initiative of the MTL

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Welcome to the School of EducationSeizing the
initiative of the MTL
Professor Kit Field, Dean of the School of
Education.
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New School of Education at Walsall

• Opened January 2008
• State of the art lecture theatres
• Learning studio and social learning area
• Coffee shop

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The argument in short

• The recent successes of Masters level CPD
• Teaching as a Masters level profession is part of
  a wider trend, and is a good idea
• We must account for the multi-dimensional
  complexity of CPD in planning the MTL
• Higher Education concepts of Masterliness do
  contribute to professional as well as academic
  development.
• HEIs must be trusted with the MTL a cautious,
  sector wide approach will reap rewards.

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What is CPD?
ENGLAND ITALY AND PORTUGAL FRANCE SWEDEN TE
ACHER UNIONS

• A management tool
• A means of raising individual professional
  profile and esteem
• A means of giving a sense of professional
  identity
• A means of assuring a quality public service
• A means of stimulating and motivating educators

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CPD pendulum swings
Individual-led
Systems led
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System led
Institution led
Profession led
Individual led
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• The framework for higher education qualifications
  in England, Wales and Northern Ireland - January
  2001
• Descriptor for a qualification at Masters (M)
  level Masters degree
• Masters degrees are awarded to students who have
  demonstrated
• i a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a
  critical awareness of current problems and/or new
  insights, much of which is at, or informed by,
  the forefront of their academic discipline, field
  of study, or area of professional practice
• ii a comprehensive understanding of techniques
  applicable to their own research or advanced
  scholarship
• iii originality in the application of knowledge,
  together with a practical understanding of how
  established techniques of research and enquiry
  are used to create and interpret knowledge in the
  discipline
• iv conceptual understanding that enables the
  student
• to evaluate critically current research and
  advanced scholarship in the discipline
• to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques
  of them and, where appropriate, to
• propose new hypotheses.

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Typically, holders of the qualification will be
able to a) deal with complex issues both
systematically and creatively, make sound
judgements in the absence of complete data, and
communicate their conclusions clearly to
specialist and non-specialist audiences b)
demonstrate self-direction and originality in
tackling and solving problems, and act
autonomously in planning and implementing tasks
at a professional or equivalent level c)
continue to advance their knowledge and
understanding, and to develop new skills to a
high level And. d) the qualities and
transferable skills necessary for employment
requiring the exercise of initiative and
personal responsibility decision-making in
complex and unpredictable situations and the
independent learning ability required for
continuing professional development.
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IMPACT at a glance
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LAYERS OF IMPACT
Partnerships and networks
Schools
Participants
Pupils
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What must the MTL look like?

• Integrated professional and intellectual
• Rigorous
• Critical, transferable, transposable and
  transformational
• Stimulating and motivating
• Evidence based
• Cumulative learn from each other
• Relevant
• Recognised, shared
• Manageable

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Thank you!