Postgraduate Course: Working Together (Additional Support for Learning) (EDUA11142)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Education |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This module is designed to provide a critical review of the interpersonal interactions that are central to all teachers but in particular to those working in support, consultancy and advisory roles, for example, in guidance or support for learning. Course members will explore the concepts and practice of consultancy and collaboration involved in enabling change and the specific skills and attitudes required to apply these concepts within their own professional spheres. |
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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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module course members should be able to:
1. Be critically aware of the theoretical principles, processes and conditions underpinning interpersonal skills within education;
2. Be aware of leadership roles within the class, within teams of colleagues and across the school;
3. Analyse critically consultative and collaborative approaches and the process of change in education;
4. Apply this analysis through practising and reviewing a range of skills that are intrinsic to humanistic interpersonal relationships, in an educational context;
5. Develop and evaluate their strategies for working in partnership with students, colleagues, parents and other professionals as part of their professional role;
6. Use research and literature critically in linking practice to theory. |
Assessment Information
Written assignment (4000 words)
1. Course members should describe and analyse critically the range of approaches they use in collaboration and consultancy within their establishment with fellow professionals, families/carers and students
2. Course members will analyse critically a challenging aspect of their work where change has been, or needs to be, negotiated, setting out the nature of the work they have undertaken and/or intend to undertake, and the approaches used with the range of personnel involved.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Pamela Deponio
Tel: (0131 6)51 6232
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Course secretary | Ms Lorraine Denholm
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433
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