Undergraduate Course: Community Education Honours Seminar in Social and Educational Theory (EDUA10124)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education and Sport |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The 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.
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Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand and assess the value of academic writing
- Lead and contribute to sustained analysis, discussion and debate
- Develop discriminating arguments based on the intensive reading of particular texts
- Recognise the provisional and unfinished nature of intellectual enquiry
- Develop skills in presentation, evaluation and critical feedback
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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.
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| Keywords | Educational Theory Social Policy Text Analysis Critical Practice |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Margaret Petrie
Tel: (0131 6)51 4788
Email: Margaret.Petrie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel:
Email: Lesley.Spencer@ed.ac.uk |
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