Perspectives on Professional Practices (P02023)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EDU-P-P02023

The aim of the course is to enhance participants ability to identify their own professional development needs through analysing professional practice, organisational structure and human dynamics within a climate of change.

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 : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 24 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

? Additional Class Information : The taught components of the EdD take place in four one-week blocks. These are normally in early January, April, July and mid September. The exact dates will be specified at least one year in advance to assist with planning.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course has an orienting function and seeks to help participants use research to problematise their day-to-day professional activity and engage with it in a reflexive manner. It also has an integrative function in encouraging participants to draw up a compact, based on their analysis of their professional needs, which will inform the contributions they will make and the areas they will select during the remainder of their programme of study. In this way it is hoped that participants will enhance their ability to articulate and analyse the notion of professionalism and professional practice (including their own) from a philosophical, sociological and psychological perspective

Assessment Information

A written assignment of 4-5,000 words, which should be informed by a peer-evaluated seminar presentation. This will take the form of a critical reflection of a significant aspect of the participants professional practice and its personal and professional development implications within a climate of change.