Undergraduate Course: Community Education Honours Seminar in Social and Educational Theory (EDUA10095)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Education |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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. The programme of study takes the form of seminar presentations and discussion. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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Friday |
| Moray House | Seminar | Seminar and Dissertation Preparation - Room Paterson's Land PLG38 | 1-11 | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | | | | Moray House | Seminar | Seminar and Dissertation Preparation - Room Charteris 5.15 in Semester 2 | 1-22 | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | | |
| First Class |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
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 |
Assessment Information
A 4,000 word paper at the end of the first semester (50%) and a 2,500 word paper at the end of the second semester (50%).
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ian Fyfe
Tel: 514803
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Course secretary | Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
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