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Postgraduate Course: Engaging with the Literatures of Education (REDU12001)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaResearch (EDU) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course unit explores the channels and forms through which the fruits of educational research and scholarship are discussed and disseminated to a variety of stakeholders. One key concern is therefore with what might count as 'evidence', 'data' or 'substantiation' for a given claim (a theory, concept, insight or observation) in academic, professional ad public domains, and with how appropriate it might be to apply a particular finding or insight to policies or practices beyond the settings within which the research took place. A linked concern is with the requirements and conventions of different 'genres' in education, in the light of their intended audiences and communicative purposes.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
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No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course unit, students will be able to:

approach their reading of the educational literatures within and beyond the EdD programme in a more reflectively alert and scholarly adept way

demonstrate a critical awareness of the range of genres to be found in the educational publications, and of the intended audiences and conventions associated with these

adopt an appropriately questioning approach to supporting evidence (qualitative and quantitative) and to the appropriate deployment of methodologies for gathering and interpreting data

display an enhanced grasp of the complex interrelations between scholarly and professional perspectives, practices and policies
Assessment Information
Students will undertake an assignment of 4,000-5,000 words, presenting a critique of a significant educational publication of their choosing (e.g. an article in a refereed journal). The critique will pay particular attention to locating the publication within its relevant genre(s), having regard to its main communicative purposes and intended audience(s), while also critically evaluating how the publication seeks to 'warrant' and provide evidential substantiation for the claims made.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Charles Anderson
Tel: (0131 6)51 6656
Email: c.d.b.Anderson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Lorraine Denholm
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433
Email: lorraine.denholm@ed.ac.uk
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