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Professional Development for Commercial Airline Pilots

  • Module code: AE5501
  • Year: 2018/9
  • Level: 5
  • Credits: 30
  • Pre-requisites: None
  • Co-requisites: None

Summary

This module is designed to support you in identifying the range of skills you have acquired over the course of your integrated pilot licence training and the first two years of your degree. The module is designed to prepare you for Level 6 study. In particular, it develops your ability to reflect on your learning, your critical thinking and communication skills. It is delivered primarily through on-line individual tutor support.

Aims

  • To enable students to reflect on their learning needs as they undertake their pilot licence training, to monitor their learning throughout the programme and to reflect on their achievements at the end of the programme.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

  • Critically reflect on and pro-actively manage their learning;
  • Maintain a journal, with the aid of feedback, take the appropriate action to rectify any shortfalls in their knowledge and/or personal development;
  • Assemble a portfolio of evidence to show that they have undertaken an appropriate range of practical activities suitable to their role.
  • Research and write a technical report to a standard expected in Higher Education.

Curriculum content

Skills audit

Self-managed learning and the Learning Log

Personal learning styles

Technology enhanced learning and support available

Critical Thinking

Technical Report Writing and Structure

Research Methods

Teaching and learning strategy

The learning in this module is primarily through supported individual reading and reflection.  This learning style is introduced in the first year module AE4004 HE Skills and Professional Development but is further developed here.

The module has a one day induction explaining how it operates followed by on-line individual support by an assigned tutor.  

Following completion of the three theoretical KU modules, students are given a series of lectures on report writing skills and research methods. The aim of these lectures is to prepare students for Level 6 study.

Breakdown of Teaching and Learning Hours

Definitive UNISTATS Category Indicative Description Hours
Scheduled learning and teaching Group Induction at the beginning of the module (6 hours), individual on-line support (10 hours) 16
Guided independent study 284
Total (number of credits x 10) 300

Assessment strategy

Formative assessment is through discussion and submission of individual entries for the learning log with feedback from the tutor. The tutor will also provide feedback on compiling the portfolio of evidence.

The summative assessment strategy consists of portfolio of evidence that is based on work undertaken by the student as part of their normal job role as well as a self-reflection log reviewing their progress on the course and evidence of undertaking an appropriate range of practical activities.

The portfolio of evidence will include (but is not limited to) the following:

  • A log of formative and summative assessment conducted during the study of modules AE5502, AE5503 and AE5504.
  • A review of how their performance progressed throughout the taught modules.
  • A statement on how they identified sub-standard performance and what steps they took to improve their performance.
  • A list of additional resources used to improve their understanding of specific topics.
  • A log book of practical flight training hours validated by an approved instructor.
  • Sample of pre-flight briefing documents (eg. airspace restrictions, meteorological conditions etc).
  • A series of short reflective statements following each training flight which details what the student has learnt, what improvements need to be made, how they plan to make those improvements and what they need to do prior to the next training flight.
  • A longer reflective report at the end of each phase of flight training.
  • A reflective log on how they worked as a group during the multi-crew cooperation element of the flight training. A description of the challenges involved when working as a team and the strategies used to ensure effective cooperation.
  • A specific description of how the student mitigated the risk to flight safety and an occurrence report of any safety related issues.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development such as attendance at seminars, further reading not directly related to the theoretical and practical flight training.

The summative assessment will be based on a portfolio of evidence submitted at the end of the programme but will be regularly reviewed by the tutor during individual on-line tutorials.

Summative assessment also includes a written technical report upon completion of the three taught modules and prior to commencement of the practical flight training. This is an opportunity for students to practice their written communication skills and for the tutor to provide feedback to the students on how to improve.

Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment Strategy (Indicative)

Learning Outcome Assessment Strategy
Critically reflect on and pro-actively manage their learning Portfolio. Formative assessment will be provided through feedback on the learning log.
Maintain a journal and, with the aid of feedback, take the appropriate action to rectify any shortfalls in their knowledge and/or personal development. Portfolio, in particular the learning log.
Assemble a portfolio of evidence to show that they have undertaken an appropriate range of practical activities suitable to their role. Portfolio. Students will be expected to keep of log of practical activities as part of the portfolio. The key skills requirement of the programme will be explained in the introduction and tutor support will be available for students to identify suitable evidence.
Research and write a technical report to a standard expected in Higher Education. Written Report. Formative assessment will be provided through constructive feedback.

Elements of Assessment

Description of Assessment Definitive UNISTATS Categories Percentage
Coursework Portfolio 70%
Written Report 30%
Total (to equal 100%) 100%

Achieving a pass

It IS NOT a requirement that any major element of assessment is passed separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.

Bibliography core texts

Cottrell, Stella. (2013) The Study Skills Handbook. 4th ed. Palgrave Study Skills. ISBN 978-1-137-28925-4

Bibliography recommended reading

Bailey, Stephen. (2011) Academic Writing - A Handbook for International Students. 3rd ed. Routledge. ISBN-13 978-0-415-59581

Stanton, Nicky. (2009) Mastering Communication. 5th ed. Palgrave Master Series. ISBN-13 978-0230216921

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