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Undergraduate Course: Community Education Honours Seminar in Social and Educational Theory (EDUA10124)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education and Sport CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe purpose of this course is to enable students to develop the intellectual and theoretical resources both to sustain a critical culture as a group and to support independent study. The seminar programme is based on the intensive reading and discussion of current refereed journal and/or other appropriately demanding material.
Course description The curriculum content for this course is negotiated each year between teaching staff and participating students.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Politics, Policy & Professional Identity in Community Education (EDUA10117) AND Community Education Methods and Approaches: Developing Dialogue (EDUA10118) AND Managing Professional Life (EDUA10203) AND Community Education Professional Practice 2 (EDUA10123) AND Adult Education (EDUA10120) OR Community Work (EDUA10121) OR Youth Work (EDUA10122)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand and assess the value of academic writing
  2. Lead and contribute to sustained analysis, discussion and debate
  3. Develop discriminating arguments based on the intensive reading of particular texts
  4. Recognise the provisional and unfinished nature of intellectual enquiry
  5. Develop skills in presentation, evaluation and critical feedback
Reading List
The core reading material is generated each academic session based on the academic interests of the participating students.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills literature search and review, critical analysis, presentation skills, working with others.
Additional Class Delivery Information Students will engage in lectures and tutor led tutorials via the hybrid model incorporating either on campus or on line delivery.
KeywordsEducational Theory Social Policy Text Analysis Critical Practice
Contacts
Course organiserMs Margaret Petrie
Tel: (0131 6)51 4788
Email: Margaret.Petrie@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
Email: Lesley.Spencer@ed.ac.uk
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