? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : EDU-3-CW

This course is particularly concerned with the current policy context as it constructs and constrains the community work task. It aims to locate and analyse those policy discourses which inform the context of practice and to identify what spaces exist between competing discourses and demands in which to develop a critical, competent and coherent community work practice.

? Pre-requisites : Community Education 2

Home subject area

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

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

Identify relevant policy developments
Recognise and analyse the ambivalence of state policy
Articulate the contradictory relationship between politics, policy and community work practice
Articulate potential areas of 'relative autonomy' in professional practice
Identify possibilities and problems in the current policy context

A Paper of 2500 words will be required at the end of the term in which the course is taught.

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel : (0131 6)51 6373
Email : Lesley.Spencer@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Ms Mae Shaw
Tel : (0131 6)51 6641
Email : Mae.Shaw@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/