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Postgraduate Course: Community Education: History, Ideology and Practice (EDUA11158)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education and Sport CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course introduces students to a variety of ways of thinking about the meaning of community education and illuminating their own experience of and/or interest in practice. The contribution of different traditions of practice to the development of community education in Scotland and elsewhere will be critically examined. Adult Education, Community Work and Youth Work will be considered in terms of different histories, policy imperatives, notions of purpose and varying methodologies. The course provides the opportunity to synthesise ideas, examine, debate and evaluate a range of values, purposes and practices associated with different interpretations of community education.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Express a theoretically informed understanding of the development of three main strands of community education
  2. Locate contemporary issues and practice in historical contexts
  3. Apply appropriate concepts, models and frameworks to the interpretation of community education practice and the provision of relevant learning and educational opportunities
  4. Apply critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to issues and practice in three main strands of community education
  5. Engage purposefully with the community in different settings
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information The classes will be held in Paterson's Land - room to be confirmed.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Akwugo Emejulu
Tel: (0131 6)51 4167
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Course secretaryMrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
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