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 |
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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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| 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: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 44 |
| 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 | 1-11 | | | | 15:00 - 15:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 13:10 - 14:50, Zone: Moray House. Lecture from 1.00 - 3.00 followed by tutorial 3.00 - 4.00 pm in Paterson's Land PL1.18. |
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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
Assessment Tasks
Presentation
Students will work in small groups to prepare a 15-minute presentation in which they are to refer to the theoretical and practical elements of the course, to demonstrate their understanding of basic processes of working with people in groups. (50% of the mark)
Presentations 5th April 2012 1pm $ú 4pm
Essay
Students will submit an account of the process of working in the group, which draws on the course content and literature, and cover the following areas:
&· The group you were a member of
&· Overall comment on issues arising in working as a group
&· Comments on your contribution and learning as a result of this task
1000 words submission by Friday 6th April 2012. (50% of the mark)
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
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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