This module, Developing Individuals and Teams, focuses on supporting personal and collective growth within educational settings. It explores strategies for enhancing professional development, with particular emphasis on communication, leadership, and conflict resolution. You will engage with key theories, frameworks, and practical approaches to better understand and address individual and team development needs.

A central component of the module is the design of a self- or peer-assessment tool tailored to your educational context and aligned with institutional goals. This may include a lesson observation template with feedback guidance or a broader professional development tool. Your design will be informed by module content, including relevant theories, research, and your own independent reading.

The module also examines core concepts such as needs analysis, performance management, motivation, ethics, reflection, mentoring, coaching, and action planning. These areas support the creation of inclusive and effective learning environments that promote both individual and team success.

The assessment requires you to apply your learning by designing a professional development tool and producing a critical reflection evaluating its effectiveness, relevance, and alignment with both theoretical frameworks and the developmental needs of your colleagues.

By the end of this module, you should be able to:

Critically evaluate approaches to professional development.

Analyse developmental requirements and learning needs in a specific educational context.

Demonstrate attentive listening and effective communication skills in aiding individual professional development.

Learning and teaching

This is a fully asynchronous module, with all materials and communication on our online learning platform Blackboard. Occasional module drop ins which are communicated on Blackboard announcements during modules.

This involves self-directed study and participation in online activities (12-18 hours per week) with the support of an online tutor. You will have access to the course materials for 8 weeks.

International students

This module is available to international students. Please see English language proficiency requirements below.

Assessment

There will be formative and summative assessments. You can also elect to take the module as non-assessed. 

If you are interested in taking this module as non-assessed, please get in touch at pd@uwe.ac.uk. Please be aware this means you would receive no evidence of completion of any kind (no certificate, credit or “confirmation of attendance"). Often, employers do not want to sponsor individuals to take a module as non-assessed as they would not receive confirmation that individual had attended.