Postgraduate Course: Guidance and Personal Support in Education (EDUA11135)
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 notions that guidance is a whole school* function and that the school as a caring community has a responsibility for more than the academic progress of young people will be analysed in this module. | 
 
 
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
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
By the end of the module course members will have: 
LO1	demonstrated awareness of the critical arguments surrounding guidance  
	theory; 
LO2	identified and analysed key management theories with specific reference      
        to organisational change; 
LO3	related this awareness to evaluate the function of guidance and personal        
        support within their institution as a caring and inclusive community; 
LO4	identified and analysed potential sociological and psychological factors   
        which may affect the development of the whole child;  
LO5	developed and evaluated, as a result of this analysis, a range of  support  
        strategies appropriate to individual needs in order to inform both     
        personal and institutional practice. 
LO6	offered a critical consideration of relevant research and research  
        methods used. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Produce a written case study (5000 words) which researches and analyses the developmental needs of a specific student to include reference to selected guidance theory. On the basis of this analysis an appropriate programme of guidance support will be developed which will allow course members to reflect on procedures and practices in their own educational setting. The assignment will make recommendations for change to observed practice and/or procedures on the basis of a critical reflection on the process and outcomes and will satisfy the performance criteria. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
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Additional Information 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser |  | 
Course secretary | Ms Lorraine Denholm 
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433 
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