Undergraduate Course: Community Education Honours Seminar in Social and Educational Theory (EDUA10124)
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 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop the intellectual and theoretical resources both to sustain a critical culture as a group and to support independent study. The seminar programme is based on the intensive reading and discussion of current refereed journal and/or other appropriately demanding material. The programme of study takes the form of discussion of pre-selected papers in semester 1 and seminar presentations and discussion of student selected papers in semester 2. |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand and assess the value of academic writing
- Lead and contribute to sustained analysis, discussion and debate
- Develop discriminating arguments based on the intensive reading of particular texts
- Recognise the provisional and unfinished nature of intellectual enquiry |
Assessment Information
| One 4000-word essay at the end of semester 1 and a 2500 essay at the end of Semester 2. |
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 |
Prof Lyn Tett
Tel: (0131 6)51 6113
Email: Lyn.Tett@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
Email: Lesley.Spencer@ed.ac.uk |
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