Postgraduate Course: Education for All (Additional Support for Learning) (EDUA11143)
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 | The module offers an opportunity to critically explore theoretical perspectives of 'Social Justice' in the development and delivery of human services [Education/Social Work/Health]. It centres around 3 inter-related themes:
1. 'Inclusion' is a human rights issue founded on the principle of social equity and justice, as enshrined in international legal conventions. It represents a positive valuing of the immense difference and diversity that characterises human experience in terms of gender, disability, class, race and other distinguishing factors;
2. The main roots of 'social exclusion' are to be found in interpersonal and systemic discrimination, frequently exerted via unexamined habitual institutionalised practices as well as the conscious misuse of power, rather than in individual deficits, dysfunctional lifestyles and prejudice;
3. 'Discrimination' of various types is socially constructed, context-specific and multi-faceted. 'There must be an unequivocal acceptance of the problem of institutional racism and its nature before it can be addressed, as it needs to be, in full partnership with members of minority ethnic communities' [MacPherson, 1999,6.48]. The same would apply to discrimination on other grounds. The themes will be approached through critical review of concepts, examining the meanings brought from personal and professional settings, historically and between disciplines. |
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
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module, course members will be able to:
1. Critically understand different theoretical perspectives on notions of 'Social Justice & Inclusion';
2. Analyse the significance of competing voices and discourses in social & public policy and in community action;
3. Assess the contribution of research to the pursuit of a 'Social Justice' agenda;
4. Identify and address key legal and policy requirements, obligations and entitlements relating to 'anti-discriminatory practice' and strategies for combating these;
5. Apply the above concepts and principles within their professional and institutional contexts. |
Assessment Information
| Each participant will produce an assignment of no more than 4,000 words. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
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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