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Teaching Methods

A diversity of teaching and learning strategies are used in the programme including tutor-led discussions and seminars, oral presentations, role playing, problem-solving, and group work. Central to these will be ‘key competencies' (i.e. skills, but ‘skills' as practical intelligence rather than in their simplistic form). These key competencies include holistic thinking, ability to manage complexity, change and unpredictability, critical awareness, group working, communication, reflectiveness and empathy. As a principle, content (i.e. understanding or ‘academic intelligence') will be built around these key competencies, rather than the other way around. In addition, we will be developing students' personal qualities, and encompassing self-awareness regarding the student's learning i.e. ‘learning how to learn', and the capacity to reflect on, in and for action.


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