EDF5622 Developing learners and learning

This unit considers the theme of learner development and the process of learning for participants who are both learners and/or prospective or practising educators involved in developing learners. The unit takes a broad view of learning and learners and introduces you to various perspectives including psychological, sociological and philosophical. You will identify and analyse your own and others' learning processes in the light of current research developments pertaining to these varying perspectives. The implications these hold for practitioners who develop learners and professional learning across learning contexts in families, schools, workplaces and communities is identified and linked to ideas and concepts central to educative processes and practices. Examples are drawn from within and outside formal education settings through which to consider, illustrate and evaluate perspectives on learning and learner development.