Deconstructing Ideal Learners & Curriculum Design in HE

Audience: Academic staff, Research staff, Research supervisors

Date: Wednesday 4 February 2026

Times: 14.00 to 16.00

Programme: Academic Staff Development Programme

Target audience

Open to all academic staff and contract research staff.

Course mapped to

Professional Standards Framework: A2 (teach and/or support learning through appropriate approaches and environments), K1 (how learners learn, generally and within specific subjects)

Course information

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Compare a variety of theoretical approaches to critical pedagogy
  2. Apply key concepts of critical pedagogy to (de)construct learner profiles in HE
  3. Analyse the relationship between an “ideal learner” and the hidden curriculum in HE
  4. Create a context-specific curriculum design to address diverse learner profiles.

Tutors

Dr Amritesh Singh

Course provider

OSDS
Email: osdscourses@st-andrews.ac.uk