No. 1 Work-based Learning: Working the Curriculum: Approval, Delivery & Assessment
This pack has been prepared as a resource for anyone who is designing, developing or modifying an existing curriculum to use with employers. Our aim is to provide materials which address and explore the challenges of designing and delivering work-based learning.

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Contents

Foreword by Mel Lees

Foreword by Susan Anderson

Introduction

Contributors

Section 1: Designing and delivering a curriculum for employer engagement

Case study: The Styles and Wood Academy
Activity 1: Involving employers in curriculum design and delivery
Activity 2: Models for work-based teaching
Activity 3: Responding to the challenges of delivering in the workplace

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Section 2: Quality for work-based learning

Case study: Employer-led MSc/PGDip in Construction Management
Streamlining the approval process
Activity 1: Taking into account different points of view
Activity 2: Resolving the tensions: small scale solutions to procedural issues

Section 3: Assessment in the work place

Case study: MSc Construction Management programme – Risk and Finance Management Module
Activity 1: Generating assessment opportunities from work
Activity 2: Using real work for assessment: traps, tips and techniques
Activity 3: Managing the process of assessment in the workplace

Further reading

Resource sheets

• Resource sheet 1: Involving employers in curriculum design and delivery
• Resource sheet 2: Models for work-based teaching - Examples
• Resource sheet 3: Resolving the tensions: small scale solutions to procedural issues
• Resource sheet 4: Example of assignment brief for work-based assessment
• Resource sheet 5: Using real work for assessment: traps, tips and techniques