Undergraduate Course: Managing Professional Life (EDUA10119)
Course Outline
| School |
Moray House School of Education |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course focuses on the organisational context of community education practice in a variety of statutory and voluntary sector settings. Participants will consider what is involved in building organisations and being responsible for their own and others' work. The emphasis is on applied knowledge and understanding in areas such as supervision, teamwork, planning and development, finance and funding, evaluation and accountability. The skills and activities of management are considered with reference to the current policy context and in relation to differing interpretations of the management function. |
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 |
Purchase of course reader. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Moray House | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 13:10 - 13:50 | | Moray House | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 10:00 - 12:00 |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Please note the seminar class runs 1300-1350 on the Friday afternoon and not from 1310. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After completing the course students will b e able to:
- Identify influences on, and competing understandings of, professional identity
- Elaborate a coherent approach to staff development in professional settings
- Explain the nature of power and authority in organisations
- Analyse mechanisms and identify appropriate methods for decision-making in organisations
- Identify the problematic relationship between policy-making and management in a professional setting.
- Describe examples of the assessment and evaluation of programmes and projects.
- Describe a strategic approach to raising and controlling funds |
Assessment Information
| Students will engage in an extended case-study analysis. This will involve four discrete tasks undertaken and submitted over the duration of the course. The assessment task will be equivalent to 3500 words in total, and will involve both individual activities and group project work. |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Ken Mcculloch
Tel: (0131 6)51 5184
Email: Ken.Mcculloch@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
Email: Lesley.Spencer@ed.ac.uk |
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