Interpreter and Designer of Learning Programmes and Materials

 

Mediator / Curriculum Interpreter / Administrator / Scholar / Pastoral /
Assessor / Learning Area Specialist

Practical competence - Where the learner demonstrates the ability, in an authentic context, to consider a range of possibilities for action, make considered decisions about which possibility to follow, and to perform the chosen action.)
Interpreting and adapting learning programmed so that they are appropriate for the context in which teaching will occur.
Designing original learning programmed so that they meet the desired outcomes and are appropriate for the context in which they occur.
Adapting and/or selecting 1earning resources that are appropriate for the age, language competence, culture and gender of learning groups or learners.
Designing original learning resources including charts, models, worksheets and more sustained learning texts. These resources should be appropriate for subject; appropriate to the age, language competence, gender, and culture of learners; cognisant of barriers to learning.
Writing clearly and convincingly in the language of instruction.
Using a common word processing programme for developing basic materials.
Evaluating and adapting learning programmed and resources through the use of learner assessment and feedback.

Foundational competence (where the learner demonstrates an understanding of the knowledge and thinking which underpins the actions taken.)
Understanding the principles of curriculum: how decisions are made; who makes the decisions, on what basis and in whose interests they are made.
Understanding various approaches to curriculum and programme design, and their relationship to particular kinds of learning required by the discipline; age, race, culture and gender of the learners.
Understanding the principles and practices of the curriculum
Understanding the learning area to be taught, including appropriate content knowledge, pedagogic content knowledge, and how to integrate this knowledge with other subjects.
Knowing about sound practice in curriculum, learning programme and learning
materials design including: how learners learn from texts and resources; how language and cultural differences impact on learning.

Understanding common barriers to learning and how materials can be used to
construct more flexible and individualised learning environments.


Reflexive competence - (where the learner demonstrates the ability to integrate or connect performances and decision making with understanding and with the ability to adapt to change and unforeseen circumstances and explain the reasons behind these actions.)
Reflecting on changing circumstances and conditions and adapting existing
programmes and materials accordingly.
Critically evaluating different programmed in real contexts and/or through case studies — both in terms of their educational validity as well as their socio-political significance.



Mediator / Curriculum Interpreter / Administrator / Scholar / Pastoral /
Assessor
/ Learning Area Specialist

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