THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2020/2021

Information in the Degree Programme Tables may still be subject to change in response to Covid-19

University Homepage
DRPS Homepage
DRPS Search
DRPS Contact
DRPS : Course Catalogue : Moray House School of Education and Sport : Education

Postgraduate Course: Groupwork in Context (EDUA11156)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education and Sport CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course is concerned with processes of working and learning in groups in a context where social injustice requires sharply focused and robust educational responses. Students will gain a critical understanding of key aspects of individual and collective approaches to teaching and learning and gain knowledge and experience of a range of methods, from person-centred to social action approaches, and techniques involved in anti-discriminatory practice. In particular, participants will consider how groupwork can be dialogical or invasive, and how it can foster the capacity for critical thinking and dialogue and enable learners to develop strategies, tactics and practices to bring about desired change. The course will cover the theory and practice of investigation as a means of developing informal education in communities.
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
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Apply critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to issues involved in working with people in groups in particular contexts
  2. Explain and justify the characteristics of empowering forms of groupwork
  3. Purposefully deploy a range of techniques involved in investigating issues in communities
  4. Demonstrate originality or creativity in designing an informal learning programme, incorporating a range of dialogical teaching and learning methods
  5. Identify, conceptualise and define the influence of discrimination and critically review and evaluate a range of approaches to challenging discrimination
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Vernon Galloway
Tel: (0131 6)51 6640
Email: Vernon.Galloway@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
Email: Lesley.Spencer@ed.ac.uk
Navigation
Help & Information
Home
Introduction
Glossary
Search DPTs and Courses
Regulations
Regulations
Degree Programmes
Introduction
Browse DPTs
Courses
Introduction
Humanities and Social Science
Science and Engineering
Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Other Information
Combined Course Timetable
Prospectuses
Important Information