Disruption and Disaffection in School - Prevention and Response (P01462)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EDU-P-P01462

The aim of this course is to enable course members to develop their own accounts of how disruption and disaffection develops in and out of school and to explore appropriate responses at classroom, school, neighbourhood and authority level.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
25/09/2007	17:00	20:00	Room G.9, Thomsons Land	Central

? Additional Class Information : Twenty four hours contact teaching, delivered flexibly.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Course members will have:
1. Examined pupil and teacher accounts, theoretical models and research findings;
2. Analysed the role of the organisation and curriculum of the school in the construction of problem behaviour;
3. Reviewed the research and literature on deviance and on educational inclusion and exclusion;
4. Considered systems for preventing and for responding to disruptive or delinquent behaviour, both within and outwith the school;
5. Explored the role of a range of agencies and the demands of inter-agency working;
6. Implemented and evaluated a workplace based project focussing on the prevention of disruption and the promotion of positive behaviour.

Assessment Information

Assignment 5000 words.
Course members should develop a critical analysis of issues of disruption and /or disaffection in their school establishment or service and develop a proposal for the prevention or response to this at school or classroom level.