This programme enables you to investigate research and literature relevant to SpLD dyslexia and evaluate this in terms of specialist teaching and learning practice. You will gain a critical understanding of the social, emotional and community issues that may affect dyslexic learners and their families and develop your knowledge of the practice and principles involved in enhancing the learning experience for children and young people with SpLD dyslexia. Demonstrating the ability to critically evaluate and reflect upon your own practice in relation to the identification, assessment and subsequent interventions within the role of a specialist teacher forms a central part of the programme.
What will I study?
The rationale and philosophy of the programme emphasises the key relationship between critical thinking, evaluation and practical action. This is related to your professional experiences and interests as well as the ways in which these can be synthesised.
Emphasis is placed on effective practice, particularly improving the provision that settings offer, through the teacher/tutor, for learners with specific learning difficulties dyslexia.
This will involve active exploration of a range of issues including:
- Complexities of identification, assessment and multi-sensory learning environments;
- Critical analysis of a range of intervention strategies and teaching approaches;
- Principles underlying structured, sequential, multi-sensory teaching;
- The role and impact of legislation;
- Current research, theory and practice of psychometrics;
- Diagnostic assessment;
- Validity and reliability of testing;
- Practice of other teachers supporting pupils with dyslexia within a different context;
- Analysis of the potential impact of dyslexia on social and emotional development;
- Analysis of potential barriers to learning;
- Dyslexia and society.
How will I be assessed?
Modules are assessed using case studies, diagnostic assessment reports, specialist teaching evaluations, annotated lesson plans and observations of teaching practice.
Assessments and activities on the Specialist Dyslexia Training programme give you the opportunity to analyse current practice, utilising and reflecting upon current research and debate to bring about change with clear impact.
Assessment tasks have been designed to allow choice and flexibility to ensure that individual needs are met and that impact on provision and practice within your setting is maximised. In this way the assessments form an integral part of the learning process which will be captured through portfolio evidence of impact on pupils, your own professional practice and the practice of other professionals in your school.
Who will be teaching me?
The modules in the programme will be taught by experienced and knowledgeable tutors, supplemented by face-to-face and blended learning opportunities. All teaching observations will be carried out by tutors who hold Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA) status.
The University tutors have expertise in a variety of academic disciplines, including SEN / Inclusion, Dyslexia, Leadership and Management, educational research and systematic enquiry.
Visit the
PGCert SpLD (Dyslexia) with AMBDA/ATS
page on the Edge Hill University website for more details!
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