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Postgraduate Course: Understanding Learning and Studying (EDUA11178)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryAgainst the backcloth of consideration of the distinctive aims and outcomes of higher education, this unit provides a critical introduction to contrasting approaches to conceptualising learning and studying at university level. The perspectives surveyed are drawn from cognitive psychology; grounded and phenomenographic studies of students' experiences of learning and studying and perceptions of undergraduate courses as teaching-learning environments; and undergraduate learning as participation in discourse communities. The unit focuses on what insights can be gleaned from these differing perspectives that can inform day-to-day teaching-learning practices.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of the unit, programme participants will have:
- acquainted themselves with the principal conceptual frameworks and perspectives deployed in understanding learning and studying in higher education
- reviewed the implications of discipline and subject differences for undergraduate learning and studying
- drawn critically upon different conceptual perspectives to enhance their grasp of learning and studying in their own discipline or subject area


Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Pre-course reading, in-course reading and follow-up reading as well as assignment preparation complement face-to-face teaching/learning activities to a total of 100 notional effort hours.
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Contacts
Course organiserProf Carolin Kreber
Tel: (0131 6)51 6668
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Course secretaryMiss Emily Salvesen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6661
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