Postgraduate Course: supporting individual pupils (EDUA11246)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
Short description of course
This course will offer the opportunity to explore and engage with the current key thinking on, and models of practice in, the support offered to individual children and young people in difficulty or distress in school . Course members will focus on:
&· Knowledge and skills in $ùIndividual support&©;
&· Purposes, advantages and limitations of counselling approaches in school;
&· Specific issues in children and young people&©s lives;
&· A critical overview of current policy and practice, nationally and internationally;
&· Critical consideration of different perspectives on why some individual pupils experience particular difficulties.
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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 |
0 |
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 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 17:00 - 20:00, Zone: Moray House. Patersons Land G37 |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will have:
&· Explored a range of ways of working with individual troubled children and young people;
&· Contextualised these within an understanding of the concept of mental health, theories accounting for mental health problems and disturbing behaviour and models of intervention;
&· Explored and practised counselling and other helping skills for a variety of situations;
&· Discussed and analysed the place of individual support within the overall context of personal and pastoral support for pupils, in order to inform both personal and institutional practice;
&· Considered systems of support for staff working with troubled children and young people;
&· Examined the roles of partner agencies.
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Assessment Information
| Formative tasks are designed to arise naturally from course work and reading and relate directly to work situations. For summative assessment purposes, participants are required to complete an assignment to support the development of practice. The assignment (4000 words) will be underpinned by reference to relevant research and literature and will conclude with a reflective analysis of the course member&©s own interpersonal skills and professional practice. Outcomes allow for a variety of submission formats for which tutor support is available. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Gillean Mccluskey
Tel: (0131 6)51 6637
Email: gillean.mccluskey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Lorraine Denholm
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433
Email: lorraine.denholm@ed.ac.uk |
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