Undergraduate Course: Community Education Methods and Approaches 2: Developing Dialogue (EDUA08038)
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 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
40 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course will deepen the students understanding of the worker's educational role and will focus on developing dialogue through structured experiences in the various forms and settings of community education practice. Participants will consider how groups of learners may be helped to develop their capacity to think and act critically, and to support one another to develop strategies, tactics and practices in relation to desired change. Participants will also be required to develop appropriate teaching and learning techniques designed to foster dialogue. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Examine personal and common assumptions about groups and groupwork
Explain the importance of making implicit purposes explicit
Illustrate a range of social action approaches to groupwork
Demonstrate how to structure educational experiences
Design an educational curriculum
Teach a body of knowledge
Conduct a structured dialogue |
Assessment Information
1. Assignment. Participants will set out a 2000 word strategy for developing dialogue with a real or imaginary group (50%).
2. Panel presentation. Students will design a curriculum and a teaching programme for an identified group of participants. Make a 10 minute oral presentation to a panel of 2 tutors, followed by a five-minute question and answer session. A written submission (1000 words) will provide theoretical justification for the curriculum design and teaching programme addressed in the presentation (50%). |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mr Vernon Galloway
Tel: (0131 6)51 6640
Email: Vernon.Galloway@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
Email: Lesley.Spencer@ed.ac.uk |
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