Undergraduate Course: Concepts and Controversies in Community Education (EDUA08064)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | 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 description |
This course will examine the roots and practices of adult education, community development and youth work respectively. It will identify common pedagogical themes, examine emerging trends and controversies in the contemporary policy context, and explore issues of professional identity.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 66,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
326 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students will submit a 4000 word paper at the end of the course |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student 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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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Knowledge and understanding
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key concepts in community education.
Communication
Be confident to engage in discussion about the possibilities and limitations of community education
Autonomy, accountability and working with others
Be able to interrogate the relationship between policy and practice |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Timetable is arranged annually
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| Keywords | community education domains of practice |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Mae Shaw
Tel: (0131 6)51 6641
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
Email: |
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