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Postgraduate Course: Adult Education and Lifelong Learning (EDUA11189)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryExploration of key concepts and debates in adult education, lifelong learning : educational, historical, theoretical, ideological, political.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  35
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) Please contact the course secretary before enrolling students to verify spaces available
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) One essay of 4,000 words
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
1. To develop a critical understanding of major historical, theoretical and ideological perspectives relevant to the study of adult education and lifelong learning.
2. To explore the social, cultural and political contexts of current policy, research and practice.
3. To review key debates in the field of adult learning.
4. To examine the relationship between adult education, lifelong learning and social change.
5. To consider the meanings of adult literacy and their implications for policy and practice.
6. To scrutinise the contemporary policy agenda for active citizenship, lifelong learning and social inclusion
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This course is open to students from other schools, however, please contact the course secretary prior to enrolling your Tutee in order to verify that there is space available; students on MSc Educational Research and MSc Education have priority.
Keywordsadult education
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jim Crowther
Tel: (0131 6)51 6176
Email: Jim.Crowther@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Mairi Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 4241
Email: Mairi.Ross@ed.ac.uk
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