Undergraduate Course: Working With Individuals and Groups (EDUA08071)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 31 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
163 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment Tasks
Students will submit fortnightly tasks of 400 words apart from last week - 800 words.
Total wordage 2,500.
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| Feedback |
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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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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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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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