Undergraduate Course: Learning Through Partnership: Home, School and Community (EDUA10038)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will consider various aspects of the relationship between home, school and community and the implications for children, parents and teachers. Topics will include communication skills, meetings with parents, writing reports, homework policy and practice, school newsletters, the nature of families and communities, PTAs, school boards and the development of policies and strategies to encourage a collaborative approach to supporting children's learning. The course is both practical and theoretical. Guest participants will include people researching home-school issues, practitioners who are developing parental involvement programmes and parents. Case studies, simulations, and discussions with guest participants will provide an opportunity to consider a variety of home-school issues based on academic analysis and professional judgement. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Qualifications required for the B.Ed. (Hons.) Primary and normally completion of years 1 and 2 of an undergraduate programme |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Qualifications required for the B.Ed. (Hons.) Primary and normally completion of years 1 and 2 of an undergraduate programme |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
To develop: - an understanding of the complexity of the interaction between parents, schools and communities - an ability to critically analyse policy and practice in home school partnership - an ability to reflect on ones own value system - a practical and theoretical understanding of home/school interaction, including parents' evenings, reporting 5-14, homework policy and practice, PTAs and School Boards.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Brian Cosford
Tel: (0131 6)51 6347
Email: Brian.Cosford@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Elena Novo Cabana
Tel: (0131 6)51 6470
Email: elena.novocabana@ed.ac.uk |
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