Undergraduate Course: Working With Individuals and Groups (EDUA08071)
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 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This introductory level course covers working and learning with individuals and groups. It will focus mainly on informal educational practice, although core ideas and processes are applicable in a wide range of situations including, for example, school settings, social care and social work. |
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 |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 40 |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Moray House | Lecture | Lecture runs from 1.00 - 2.50 pm | 1-11 | | | | 13:10 - 14:50 | | | Moray House | Tutorial | Tutorial Group 1 | 1-11 | | | | 15:00 - 15:50 | | | Moray House | Tutorial | Tutorial Group 2 | 1-11 | | | | | 10:00 - 10:50 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 13:10 - 14:50, Zone: Moray House. Lecture will be from 1.00 - 3.00 pm in Paterson's Land PLG42; followed by Tutorial 3.00 - 4.00 pm. There will another tutorial group on Friday 10.00 - 11.00 am in Charteris 5.3. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completing this course students will be able to:
* Articulate key values underpinning work with individuals and groups
* Account for and demonstrate the basic tenets of effective communication
* Explain basic approaches to working with people in groups
* State several key factors affecting group dynamics
* Demonstrate familiarity with underpinning theory such as that developed by Rogers, Kolb, Dewey, Adair, Tuckman and Freire.
* Explain the significance for learning of the relationship between the individual and their wider social context.
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Assessment Information
Students will work in small groups to prepare a presentation refering to the theoretical and practical elements of the course, to demonstrate their understanding of basic processes of working with people in groups. Following the presentation (75% of the mark), groups will submit a 500 word account account of the process of working in the group (25% of the mark), to include:
- the group contract
- minutes of meetings
- summary of contribution of each member
- overall comment on issues arising in working as a group
- individual comments on contribution and learning
The presentations will take place in the final two class sessions. |
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 |
Not entered |
| 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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