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Working with Children with Literacy Difficulties (Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice) – (Grad.Cert.)
Oxford Brookes University
School of Education
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
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.
Contents
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.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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English language requirements
If English is not your main language then you will also need to show that your English is at a high enough level to succeed in your studies. You will need IELTS IELTS 6-7 (normally with 6.0 in Reading and Writing and a minimum of 5.5 in Listening and Speaking); TOEFL internet-based test 80-100 (with minimum scores in each section) or equivalent, depending on the course you have chosen to study. For more information see your course details.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
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