Undergraduate Course: Concepts and Controversies in Community Education (EDUA08064)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Education |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course builds on foundational first year studies. It provides an introduction to the key domains of practice, framed primarily around adult education, community development and work with young people. It will consider what is distinctive about each domain in terms of its historical development and contemporary significance. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Moray House | Lecture | Adult Education (Room Paterson's Land 1.18) | 1-11 | 10:00 - 12:00 | | | | | | Moray House | Lecture | Youth Work (Room St Leonard's Land 2.14) | 1-11 | | | 10:00 - 12:00 | | | | Moray House | Lecture | Community Development (Room Paterson's Land PL1.19) | 1-11 | | | | 10:00 - 12:00 | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Timetable is arranged annually
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students will be able to:
- Articulate some main features of the historical emergence of community education ideas and practices
- Demonstrate an awareness of different traditions and ideologies of community education
- Analyse the role and intent of state involvement in community education activity
- Describe the range and boundaries of the contemporary community education sector.
- Evaluate and justify a stance in relation to a range of contemporary policy and practice issues
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Assessment Information
| Students will submit a 4000 word paper at the end of the course |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Mae Shaw
Tel: (0131 6)51 6641
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Course secretary | Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
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