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 2017/18, 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 58,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
334 )
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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 |
Feedback on your work
Feedback is an integral part of this course and takes many forms. We encourage you to see learning and teaching as a partnership: we will do our best to give you helpful feedback on your work, and it is up to you to make the best use of the feedback you receive. If you find yourself unsure of how to make good use of feedback, please speak to the Course Organiser. You will also find a wealth of information on feedback, including information about what to expect and how to make use of if, on the University's Enhancing Feedback website, available at: http://www.enhancingfeedback.ed.ac.uk/
Informal Feedback
Informal, formative feedback takes place during seminar and tutorial discussions throughout the semester. Your tutor will comment on your understanding of the ideas covered in the course, and may give you specific advice regarding your progress. Such feedback is intended to help you understand what your strengths and development points are, and to enable you to take informed responsibility for your learning and progression.
Formal Feedback
We will aim to release your provisional marks and feedback within 15 working days from the date of submission. If there is a delay for reasons that cannot be anticipated we will let you know as soon as possible, and will give you a revised date. All marks released prior to the meeting of the Board of Examiners are provisional and subject to ratification by the Board.
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| 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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Reading List
Set texts:
MacGregor, S (2001) ¿The problematic community¿ in May, M, Page, R and Brunsdon, E (eds) Understanding Social Problems: Issues in Social Policy, Oxford, Blackwell:187-205. [Available on Learn]
Mckee, V., Oldfield, C. & Poultney, J. (2010) The Benefits of Youth Work. Lifelong Learning UK & Unite. Available online at: http://www.cywu.org.uk/assets/content_pages/187799973_Benefits_Of_Youth_Work.pdf
Community Development Exchange (2011) What is Community Development? An information sheet. Available on Learn.
Crowther, J and Martin, I (2010) ¿Adult education in Scotland¿, Concept 1(3)
Available online at: http://concept.lib.ed.ac.uk/index.php/Concept/issue/view/16
Smith, M (1988) Definition, Tradition and Change in Youth Work Developing Youth Work Milton Keynes: Open University Press, pp. 48-64.
Available online at: http://www.infed.org.uk/archives/developing_youth_work/dyw3.htm
Community development: Craig, G (1989) ¿Community work and the state¿ Community Development Journal, 24 (1) pp3-18. Electronic journal.
Illeris, K. (2003) Towards a Contemporary and Comprehensive Theory of Learning, International Journal of Lifelong Education, Vol.22, no.4, pp 411-42. Electronic journal.
Smith, M. K. (2007) What future for Youth Work? The Rank Foundation. Available online at: http://www.rankyouthwork.org/briefings/developments_in_youth_work.pdf
Gilchrist A (2003) ¿Community development in the UK ¿ possibilities and paradoxes, Community Development Journal, 38 (1): 16-25. Electronic journal.
Biesta, G. (2006) ¿What¿s the point of lifelong learning if lifelong learning has no point? On the democratic deficit of policies for lifelong learning. European Educational Research Journal, vol 5 (3&4) 169180. Electronic journal.
de St Croix, T. (2008) Informal Educators or Bureaucrats and Spies? Detached Youth Work and the Surveillance State. Speech made to Federation for Detached Youth Work Conference, Wigan, 13th November 2008. (Available on Learn)
Ledwith, M (2011) ¿Why Empower?¿ in Community Development: A Critical Approach, Policy Press, Bristol pps 13-32. [Available on Learn]
Crowther, J. and Tett, L. (2011) ¿Critical and social literacy practices from the Scottish adult literacy experience: resisting deficit approaches to learning¿, Special Issue ¿ The Politics of Literacy, Literacy, 45(3).
Ord, J. (2008) A curriculum for Youth Work: The experience of the English youth service. Youth Studies Australia, 27 (4), pp. 49-57. Available online at: http://www.historyconference.org/Documents/YSA%20curriculum%20paper.pdf
Friedl, L (2012) ¿Always look on the bright side: The rise of assets based approaches in Scotland, Concept Vol 3 No. 2. Available online at concept.lib.ed.ac.uk/
Martin, I. (2003) ¿Adult education, lifelong learning and citizenship: some ifs and buts¿, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 22 (6) 566-579. Electronic journal.
Wood, J. (2010) ¿Preferred Futures¿: Active Citizenship, Government and Young People¿s Voices. Youth & Policy, No. 105, pp. 50-70. Electronic journal.
Shaw, M (2013) ¿Community work today: Competing demands in practice¿, Concept Vol 4 No. 2. Electronic journal.
Crowther, J., MacLachlan, K. and Tett, L. (2010) ¿Adult literacy, learning identities and pedagogic practice¿, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 29, (6) 651-664. Electronic journal.
Tisdall, K., Davis, J. M. & Gallagher, M. (2008) Reflecting on Children and Young People¿s Participation in the UK. International Journal of Children¿s Rights, No. 16, pp. 343-354. Electronic journal.
Croft, S and Beresford, P (2011) ¿The politics of participation¿ in Craig, G, Mayo, M, Popple, K, Shaw, M and The Community Development Reader: History, Themes and Issues, Taylor, M (eds) Policy Press. Bristol.163-171. [Available on Learn]
Johnston, R. (1998) ¿Adult learning in civil society ¿ exploring roles for adult educators¿, SCUTREA 28th Annual Conference Proceedings, Researching Teaching and Learning: making connections in the education of adults. Available on Learn.
Coburn, A. (2011) Liberation or Containment: Paradoxes in youth work as a catalyst for powerful learning. Youth and Policy, No. 106, pp. 60-77. Electronic journal.
McFarlane (2006) ¿Paying attention to process: A lesson from the mental health user movement¿, in Shaw, M, Meagher, J and Moir, S (eds) Participation in Community Development: Problems and Possibilities, Edinburgh, Concept/Community Development Journal: 87-91. [Available on Learn]
Kane, L (2001) ¿The work of Paulo Freire¿, Chapter Two, Popular Education and Social Change in Latin America, London: Latin American Bureau. [Available on Learn]
Sinclair, S., McKendrick, J. H. & Scott, G. (2010) Failing young people? Education and aspirations in a deprived community. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, No.5, Vol. 1, pp.5-20. Electronic journal.
Paterson, K (2010) Community Engagement: For whom? in Emejulu, A and Shaw, M (eds) The Glasgow Papers: Critical Perspectives on Community Development, Community Development Publication. [Available on Learn]
Journals
Community Development Journal
Concept Journal free access at http://concept.lib.ed.ac.uk/
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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 | Dr Claire Valentin
Tel: (0131 6)51 6195
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Course secretary | Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
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