Postgraduate Course: Between Counselling and Research 1: Approaches, Issues and Debates (CNST11050)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Counselling Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.health.ed.ac.uk/counsellingstudies/cpd/betweencounsellingresearch1.htm |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides students, who may or may not be counselling practitioners, with an overview of key approaches to research relevant to counselling and related practices. Emphasis will be given to the relevance of a variety of disciplinary perspectives, to the distinction between "insider" and "outsider" perspectives, and to the relationship between research and reflective counselling practice. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | |
| First Class |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
- identify and conceptualise key research epistemologies and methodologies relevant to counselling and related practices, including the influence of different disciplinary perspectives
- conceptualise the relationship between counselling practice and research practice in relation to epistemological and ethical debates
- formulate, justify and criticise research questions relevant to counselling and related practices
- critically assess the relevance of research for the practice and provision of counselling and related practices |
Assessment Information
| One 4,000 to 5,000 word essay on a topic agreed with the course organiser. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Liz Bondi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2529
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Course secretary | Miss Kirsty Gardner
Tel: (0131 6)50 4661
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