Undergraduate Course: Information and Communications Technology (EDUA10041)
Course Outline
| School |
Moray House School of Education |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This option will focus on the role ICT may play in teaching and learning in Primary schools. The broad aim of the course is to help students become more knowledgeable, confident, critical and creative users of technology in their planning of teaching and learning. Practical work with ICT will be combined with consideration of relevant findings from educational research, with emphasis on exploratory and expressive uses of technology underpinned by current theories of learning. Policy issues relating to ICT will be discussed in the light of critical literature. By the end of the course students should be able to critically evaluate ICT developments and plan novel forms of pedagogy that can exploit appropriate technology to enrich the classroom environment. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
1.Operate and evaluate new learning technology aimed at Primary classroom contexts, including systems that are experimental, novel or emerging from research.
2.Discuss critically the design and deployment of classroom ICT systems from a perspective of theories of teaching and learning and current research.
3.Critically discuss and analyse trends in educational policy and practice relating to ICT.
4.Identify and discuss potential connections and discontinuities between the theoretical aspects and the application of ICT in educational policies and practice.
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Assessment Information
| 4000 word Assignment |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Ms Zoe Williamson
Tel: (0131 6)51 6339
Email: zoe.williamson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Elena Novo Cabana
Tel: (0131 6)51 6012
Email: elena.novocabana@ed.ac.uk |
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