Social Context and Personal Development (Outdoor Education) (ED0564)

? Credit Points : 15 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EDU-P-ED0564

The purpose of this module is to provide outdoor educators with a sound understanding of the nature of personal and social development. The module will explore a variety of notions of personal development with a view to increasing control of ones own destiny and various horizons of significance. The module will examine the role of the educator with specific focus on facilitating supportive constructive learning environments and interpersonal skills.

The earlier parts of the module will concentrate on students own experiences of personal and social development, much of which will model practices and a variety of approaches. A broad perspective exploring values and morality and ethical considerations of intentionally educating in this contentious area will follow before narrowing to examine current claims and practices in this area. Students will have an opportunity to work with others to integrate their understanding at a theoretical level to an applied context.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : No prior requirements. One of the early (Semester 1) courses in the programme.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Education (Old Curriculum), (The Moray House School of Education, Schedule C)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 40 hour(s) per week for 6 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course students will:
1. have examined their previous experiences in light of their own personal and social development. Furthermore, they will gain experiences during the course relating to their personal and social development.
2. be able to analyse the appropriateness of case studies from their own or presented material in terms of their suitability for the development of personal and social skills;
3. identify the influences which shape and develop values and morality and understand a number of approaches to facilitating growth in these areas.
4. understand a range of theories relating to personal and social development and relate them to experiential approaches;
5. gain experience and understanding of the practices, purposes and assumptions regarding reviewing
6. have developed their interpersonal skills appropriate to working within an outdoor education context.
7. contextualise their knowledge and understanding by identifying appropriate teaching strategies to maximise personal and social development using experiential techniques.
8. analyse critically the theoretical principles, processes and conditions underpinning inter- and intra- personal skills as they relate to personal and social development;