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 |
This is a highly interactive course in which participants will be expected to develop understanding through engaging in various types of structured experiences, such as focussed discussions and role plays. Learners will be directed to a range of websites to broaden their awareness of techniques in working with people. Small working groups are formed from the start, and the groups will use the final hour of the weekly teaching sessions to process issues discussed in the class, and to undertake set tasks. The groups will work towards a final presentation in which they will illustrate their knowledge of underpinning values and techniques in working with individuals and groups. Work in Pairs and Triads throughout the course will focus on developing communication skills.
Students will be expected to complete 30 hours of class contact time, approximately 20 hours work on structured study tasks including assessment and approximately 50 hours of self-directed study.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 38 |
| 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) |
There will be five fortnightly tasks during the course of the semester. Please refer to Course Booklet for more information.
Total wordage 2,500.
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| Feedback |
Formative and Summative Assessment Tasks
There are three parts to this ¿ Formative assignments across the course, formative presentations and a final summative assignment.
1.Three formative assignments of 400-600 words will be required during the course, to be submitted at week 4, week 6, and week 8.
The written material will be discussed during the class session in your presentation groups. Each assignment will be shared/read by one other group member and peer feedback will be given. There will also be tutor involvement in the discussion. Assignments will be handed in to the tutor at the end of the 4th, 6th and 8th session. Please ensure date and student matriculation number is clearly marked on the assignment.
2. Group presentations ¿ formative feedback will be given to the groups.
3. Finally, there will be a submission of the Summative Task.
This final submission should include the material from the work on earlier submissions (3 X 400-600 words) ¿ the content of these submissions may be modified in the light of the feedback from peers, and to aid the cohesion of the final document. The final document length should be 2,500 words
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student 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 and state several key factors affecting group dynamics
- Demonstrate familiaritywith 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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Reading List
http://www.infed.org/groupwork/what_is_groupwork.htm
http://infed.org/mobi/carl-rogers-core-conditions-and-education/
http://infed.org/mobi/paulo-friere-dialogue-praxis-and-education/
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/group/students/power.htm
http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/
http://www.skillsyouneed.co.uk/IPS/NonVerbal_Communication.html
http://www.infed.org/foundations/engage.htm
Also, this short piece on Teachable Moments @
http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/TeachableMomentWhatIs.html
Tuckman¿s levels of group development @
http://wilderdom.com/group/StagesGroupDevelopment.html
Advice on Giving a Presentation @ http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html
Some advice on giving academic presentations @ http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/online_
campus/ltl/index.html
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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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