Unit 503: Wider Professional Practice & Development in Education

This report provides a comprehensive overview of wider professional practice and development in education and training, focusing on Unit 503. It defines professionalism and dual professionalism, explores how personal values influence practice, and analyzes the impact of social, political, and economic factors on education policy. The report also examines the roles of stakeholders and external bodies, the importance of partnerships, and the effects of accountability on curriculum design, delivery, and assessment. Furthermore, it delves into organizational policies, codes of practice, and guidelines, assessing their impact on curriculum practice. Finally, the report analyzes quality improvement and assurance arrangements, self-assessment functions, and evaluates a learning program, identifying areas for improvement, with Desklib offering further resources for students.

Unit 503: Wider
Professional Practice
and Development in
Education and
Training

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Define the concept of professionalism and dual professionalism in education and training 1
1.2 Explain ways in which own professional values influence own practice in an area of
specialism...............................................................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Explain ways in which social, political and economic factors influence education policy.. 3
2.2 Analyse the impact of current educational policies on curriculum and practice in own area
of specialism...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Role of stakeholder and external bodies in education and training..................................5
3.2 Accountable to stakeholders and external bodies impacting on organisation in education &
training....................................................................................................................................6
3.3 Importance to work in partnership with employees & other stakeholders in education &
training....................................................................................................................................7
3.4 Impact of being accountable to stakeholders and external bodies on curriculum design,
delivery and assessment in own area of specialism................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Explain key aspects of policies, codes of practice and guidelines of an organisation.....8
4.2 Analyse the impact of organizational requirements and expectations on curriculum
practice in own area of specialism: -......................................................................................9
TASK 5..........................................................................................................................................10
5.1 Analyse the quality improvement and quality assurance arrangements of own organisation
..............................................................................................................................................10
5.2 Describe the functions of self-assessment as well as self-evaluation & the quality cycle 12
5.3 Evaluate a learning programme taking consideration of the quality maintenance of own
association............................................................................................................................13

5.4 Identify areas for improvement in the learning programme taking account of the outcomes
of evaluation ........................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
References:.....................................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Professional development is defined as the procedure which aids to the development of
learning for the purpose of maintaining proper certificates such as attending conferences, formal
course work along with becoming a part of learning opportunities. This process aids to bringing
the improvement in skills of individual and gaining the higher growth opportunities related to
career growth. The process of professional development is being used by the individual in order
to enhance the opportunities related to their professional actions. The chosen area of specialism
for this report is teacher or lecturer of marketing (Afdal and Afdal, 2019). This report include the
concept of professionalism and dual professionalism, values influencing my practice, influence
of social, political and economic factors on education policy, impact of current educational
policies on curriculum, role of stakeholders and external bodies, impact of accountability of
stakeholders and external bodies, importance of working in partnership with employers and other
stakeholders, impact of being accountable to stakeholders and external bodies on curriculum
design, delivery and assessment. In addition to this, it also deals with the aspects of policies,
codes and guidelines, impact of expectations and requirements on curriculum practices. The last
task of the respective report include quality improvement and quality assurance, functions of self
assessment and self evaluation, learning programme along with the areas of improvement in
learning programme.
TASK 1
1.1 Define the concept of professionalism and dual professionalism in education and training
Professionalism is the most important concept in the field of education and training as it
leads to the process of enhancing the skills and abilities in the individual and making them
professional. In the industry of education, the skills and knowledge of teachers leads to bringing
professionalism in the teachers. Such skills and knowledge are useful for the teachers as it aids to
deliver the lectures and sessions properly. In order to become the professional and bringing
professionalism in the task, teacher should consider all values which teaching students. Values
are most essential aspect for the teachers to consider as it aids to introducing the effectiveness
and efficiency in the teaching procedure (Professionalism, 2022). Some of values of teacher are
honesty, motivation and integrity. In addition to this, the consideration of numerous attributes is
also essential for the teachers. Some of attributes include collaboration, communication skills,
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adaptability, patience, empathy, listening and many others. All of these skills values and
attributes help the teachers in bringing professionalism in their functions and deliver the lectures
in an effective and efficient manner.
The concept of dual professionalism leads to the involvement of other skills which are
consider as the additional skills to the relevant knowledge. In order to become the expertise in
any particular field or industry, it is crucial to have some extra specific skills and knowledge
along with the required essential skills (Esmond and Wood, 2018). In the industry of training and
education, it is crucial for the teachers to have several specific skills which aids to providing the
best possible knowledge to the educators or learners. This concept help the students in gaining
the relevant knowledge along with enhancing some extra skills which help them in becoming
professional in their own field of interest. A good teacher can be proved only in the case of
availability of advance skills along with the relevant knowledge of selected field. The teacher
with the relevant knowledge and skills can only deliver the best quality of lectures to their pupils.
When the advance skills get combined with the educational qualification of the teacher, it result
in bringing the perfection in the operations which are being performed by the teachers. If a
teacher perform their functions effectively, it result in providing the best quality of knowledge to
the students and it is the basic concept of dual professionalism. All the students can get the
higher benefit in their education because of the dual professionalism of their teachers. The
presence of dual professionalism in teachers can also be analysed through the dressing sense. In
simple words, it can be said that the concept of dual professionalism state the overall
development of teachers. It is the collection of both subjective knowledge as well as skills which
aids to the development of confidence of delivering lectures or sessions.
1.2 Explain ways in which own professional values influence own practice in an area of
specialism.
My area of specialisation is marketing. I develop my interest in the field of marketing
because of qualification and now I want to develop my career by becoming a good and
experienced teacher of lecturer of marketing. It has been found as essential for the me to gather
all the necessary knowledge and qualification in order to perform the functions of teacher of
marketing in an effective and efficient manner. I have deep knowledge of marketing field and
also I have huge interest in the same. It is the reason behind the selection of marketing
specialisation area. While performing the role of teacher, it is crucial for me to have proper
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knowledge of the values which implies impact on the practices in the area of marketing teacher.
Some values which influence the my practices in the area of marketing are given below:
 Dignity: This values is linked with the respect because it is found as essential for the
teachers to give respect to all pupils. Teachers should focus on avoiding any kind of
discrimination in the educational institute. Dignity is consider as the value which
should be discussed with the students as well.
 Trustfulness: During providing lectures and sessions to the students, the teachers must
take care and consider the value of trust as well. Learners always keep faith and trust
on their teachers and they are also take care of the trust of their students (Jingura and
Kamusoko, 2019). Maintaining trust of educators is essential for teachers as it implies
positive impact on all of them.
 Fairness: the teachers of marketing are required to teach about the lessons of fairness
to their students. It state that the teachers do not follow any strategy of favouritism the
students can perform very well in their studies, if the teachers perform their role by
adopting the strategies of equality in the classroom.
 Unity: It is the value which also impact the practices of teacher of marketing. The
teacher must consider all their learners united and equal. It has been found as essential
for the teachers of marketing to teach the lesson of unity to their students as it will help
all of them to perform their functions of marketing in an effective and efficient manner
in future.
TASK 2
2.1 Explain ways in which social, political and economic factors influence education policy.
The educational policies of United Kingdom are being effected by several factors which
are available in the environment. Several of changes are being introduced in the educational
policies and the reason behind these changes are the external factors such as political, social and
economical. Mainly the policies developed by the government influence the educational policies
of United Kingdom. In addition to this, several of other factors available in the external
environment highly influence the policies as well. Below mentioned is the brief description of
the factors which bring changes in the policies of education:
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 Political factors: It involve all those policies which are majorly developed through the
side of government of UK related to the education. Government legislation, political
ideology and community regeneration are the several political factors which directly
effect the educational policies. It also bring the changes in the manner of education
delivery to the students. Difference in the educational system may raise because of
the changes or difference in the rules and regulations of several areas. It can be better
understand through an example stating that the curriculum and admission criteria of
two cities Wales and London are different. Social Factors: The viewpoint of society also influence the education policies. It
involve several factors which include engaging under represented groups, immigration
and many more. These are the several components which highly support the local
initiatives which influence the education system and policies (Leitner, Ebner, and
Ebner, 2019). All the students in the classroom are from different locations and at the
time of studies, they are also treated as different. After treating them different, they have
right to get equal opportunities.
 Economic factor: It refers to the factors which are related to the economic components
such as tax base variations, cost escalation, economics of home of student and many
more. In order to get the education, the students are required to pay money. The teachers
want finances in order to perform their functions in an effective and efficient manner. It
is necessary for the education industry, that they should formulate the education policies
as per the raise in the prices on the basis of rate of inflation.
2.2 Analyse the impact of current educational policies on curriculum and practice in own area of
specialism.
It has been found as important for the educational institutions to keep an eye on the
modifications in the external factors for the purpose of introducing the improvement in the
performance of organisation. In order to bringing the improvement in the policies of
organisation, it is crucial to keep track on the same. The organisation have to keep track on the
changes which are introduced by the government and implies impact on the overall national
policies of education. It help the teachers of marketing in decreasing the impact of political
factors on the overall organisation.
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Several of problems or issues are linked with the economy as it implies high impact on
the overall performance of firm. It has been analysed that the economic elements are important
for the organisation. It include all those factors which implies affect on the available resources
which plays an important role in the implementation of numerous curriculum in the correct
manner.
There are several social factors are available as well which help the teachers in keeping
all the procedure advance and correct which are being adopted by the teachers of marketing. The
teachers have to take care of the expectations of the students and then make the decisions related
to providing the knowledge and training. Several of people are showing interest in the field of
marketing which state that the number of students of marketing are increasing day by day. For
the purpose of developing the career in the field of marketing, it is crucial for the individual
analyse all the necessary policies, values and factors which can affect the functions of teachers of
marketing.
The relevant knowledge of all the political, social and economic factors related to the
marketing field aids the students in gaining the knowledge and skills effectively. Both teachers
as well as the students are required to majorly focus on gaining the knowledge about the policies
of education and marketing field. The major focus of policies of education is on the enhancement
of diversity in educational institutions (Penuel and et. al., 2020). The discussion of diverse topics
with the students leads to improving the entire knowledge of students and teachers. It is the
responsibility of teachers to make sure about the quality of lectures which are being providing to
the students related to the marketing field. Learners can learn the concepts of marketing in an
effective and efficient manner through the development of curriculum. Equality is found as the
other social factor which aids the students in treating equally as the other students are. The
teachers have to do focus on all the above mentioned factors while doing the development of
curriculum as per thr requirements of students.
TASK 3
3.1 Role of stakeholder and external bodies in education and training.
In education and training stakeholder has important role. It involves all those people in
stakeholders who have interest in education & training. In field of education & training the major
stakeholder involves teachers, parents, students, administrator etc. which have direct role. The
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student gets education & training from teachers. The stakeholder of organisation works in
collaborative manner as to improve the internal process which is used in education and training.
Involvement of stakeholder helps organisation in developing several learning & training program
which is effective to deliver information & knowledge (Elek, and Page, 2019). There are several
external bodies which are connected with educational organisation in order to ensures success of
process which is used in organisation for offering training & education to students. Social care
organisation are external bodies which are responsible for ensuring services that is provided to
students. The external bodies involves schools, universities and colleges. Local authorities are
also consider as external stakeholder which have indirect influence on institution. The decision
making is affected by internal & external stakeholder of organisation. Stakeholders has role in
developing expertise in teachers as to improve capability while delivering educational
information. The students talent is managed by the stakeholders. The stakeholders are
responsible to ensures standards at minimum level by creating best practices.
3.2 Accountable to stakeholders and external bodies impacting on organisation in education &
training
The internal practices which is perform within educational organisation is affected by
accountability of stakeholders and external bodies. The accountability is consider as efficiency of
stakeholders in order to meet variety of targets. Stakeholder influences policies and process that
is follow within organisation. The accountability to stakeholders and external bodies involves in
accomplishing targets set in meetings, work on policies & process, students development. The
educational institution is needed to be accountable to external parties which influence on
performance. The reporting process is way that helps in measuring impact of accountability of
stakeholders & external bodies (Goos, and et.al., 2020). The educational institution can obtain
positive response and results if education and training is manage by stakeholders and external
bodies. It also involves the working in partnership with safeguarding board. Henceforth, all
institution needs to be accountable to bodies and liable to know what standards is follow by
organisation to have welfare of society. The positive impact of stakeholder help in ascertaining
standardisation environment of teaching and education with quality resources & rules that is in
favour of student. The local universities have great need of financial resources which is provided
by external bodies that helps in fulfilling enough possibilities of financial resources.
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3.3 Importance to work in partnership with employees & other stakeholders in education &
training.
The organisation decision making is improved as different people are associated to
organisation which also helps in reducing complexities that can be face in education & training.
Different collaboration is needed in organisation practices so that effectiveness of operations can
be improved. To work in partnership with employees and other stakeholder helps in providing
more consistent and comprehensive support, enables holistic service provision for learners. The
working in partnership helps in effectively working with specific individual needs and ensures to
met adequately along with assist in generating new ideas and initiatives. The agencies observe
and provide feedback on service delivery (Haydn, and Stephen, 2021). For the learners it is
ensure that support is flexible. It becomes important to work with regulatory bodies for ensuring
that service can continue and quality of service is appropriate, consistent and high. The working
with these groups helps in clarifying acceptable standards that leads to raise benchmark in
quality of service delivery. To work in partnership with employers is important as they provide
work based placements which provides learners an relevant work experience that will increase
skills & employability. The working in partnership with employees and other stakeholders helps
in developing various practices for improving teaching & training process which is implemented
in education institution (Loughran, and Menter, 2019).
3.4 Impact of being accountable to stakeholders and external bodies on curriculum design,
delivery and assessment in own area of specialism.
Being accountable to stakeholder and external bodies puts significant impact on
curriculum design, delivery and assessment of marketing. The individual requirements of learner
helps in shaping design & delivery of course. By the level of course assessment can also be
determined by me. The curriculum is also influence by the regulatory bodies. Stakeholder and
external bodies are consider as important part of organisation which affects operations and
internal structure of organisation. In course of marketing, it is crucial for person to be
accountable to stakeholder and other external bodies. Marketing teacher offers flexibility in
learning to students. I will implement changes in curriculum of marketing which is used by me to
provide education to students. The design of curriculum can be affected by the management and
other stakeholders. It is my responsibility to meet the standards (Knapper, and Cropley, 2021). I
need stakeholder for my responsibility as I am capable to perform by job of teacher in marketing
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