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Postgraduate Course: Working Together (Additional Support for Learning) (EDUA11142)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaEducation Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis module is designed to provide a critical review of the interpersonal interactions that are central to all teachers but in particular to those working in support, consultancy and advisory roles, for example, in guidance or support for learning. Course members will explore the concepts and practice of consultancy and collaboration involved in enabling change and the specific skills and attitudes required to apply these concepts within their own professional spheres.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module course members should be able to:
1. Be critically aware of the theoretical principles, processes and conditions underpinning interpersonal skills within education;
2. Be aware of leadership roles within the class, within teams of colleagues and across the school;
3. Analyse critically consultative and collaborative approaches and the process of change in education;
4. Apply this analysis through practising and reviewing a range of skills that are intrinsic to humanistic interpersonal relationships, in an educational context;
5. Develop and evaluate their strategies for working in partnership with students, colleagues, parents and other professionals as part of their professional role;
6. Use research and literature critically in linking practice to theory.
Assessment Information
Written assignment (4000 words)
1. Course members should describe and analyse critically the range of approaches they use in collaboration and consultancy within their establishment with fellow professionals, families/carers and students
2. Course members will analyse critically a challenging aspect of their work where change has been, or needs to be, negotiated, setting out the nature of the work they have undertaken and/or intend to undertake, and the approaches used with the range of personnel involved.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Pamela Deponio
Tel: (0131 6)51 6232
Email: Pamela.Deponio@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Lorraine Denholm
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433
Email: lorraine.denholm@ed.ac.uk
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