Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
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how to build learning pathways through your course
Courses that are designed to provide inclusive opportunities for students to engage in multiple ways: behaviourally (through effective course planning and management), conceptually (through appropriate challenge and development), and personally and socially (through student support and a strong course community).
Six interconnected course functions provide the foundation for inclusive learning: course planning, course management, student support, course community, student development, and student challenge. These functions interact dynamically throughout the life of a course, shaping how students experience, engage with, and progress through their studies.
The Centre for Learning and Teaching has collaborated with colleagues from across the institution to bring together resources, links, and case studies for each of these six areas. These materials are designed to help you plan and manage your course, support your students, and foster a community where every student can develop, be appropriately challenged, and achieve their full potential.
Course stages
Select the tabs below to learn more about the six course functions.
Excellent course planning requires a curriculum focused on course orientation and induction, constructive alignment of assessment and resources, and a clear and transparent route to the achievement of a qualification.
- Course orientation
- Planned curriculum
- Accredited achievement
Excellent course management requires a professional learning environment focused on a practical orientation to the Institution, the locale and the community, providing day to day organisation, listening and responding to the student body and establishing professional expectations and behaviours.
- Managed environment
- Practical orientation
- Professional development
Excellent student support requires an inclusive environment which values and promotes individual student perspectives and provides personalised academic support and guidance for each student to develop individually.
- Personal integration
- Supportive environment
- Personal development
An excellent learning community requires a focus on social integration, encouraging students to feel a sense of belonging and to learn from others through teaching approaches that involve regular interaction, integrated feedback and opportunities for students to develop as collaborative learners.
- Social integration
- Collaborative activity
- Collaborative learning
Excellent student development requires offering teaching approaches that prioritise students' academic preparation and academic literacies, thought provoking teaching and timely, formative feedback that empowers students to become independent learners.
- Academic preparation
- Development activity
- Independent learning
An excellent learning community requires a focus on social integration, encouraging students to feel a sense of belonging and to learn from others through teaching approaches that involve regular interaction, integrated feedback and opportunities for students to develop as collaborative learners.
- Discipline preparation
- Challenging curriculum
- Subject knowledge
