Undergraduate Course: Community Education Honours Seminar in Social and Educational Theory (EDUA10124)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Education |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop the intellectual and theoretical resources both to sustain a critical culture as a group and to support independent study. The seminar programme is based on the intensive reading and discussion of current refereed journal and/or other appropriately demanding material. The programme of study takes the form of discussion of pre-selected papers in semester 1 and seminar presentations and discussion of student selected papers in semester 2. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Class Delivery Information |
The timetable is arranged annually. Please refer to course booklet for details.
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| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 11,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Other Study Hours 178,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand and assess the value of academic writing
- Lead and contribute to sustained analysis, discussion and debate
- Develop discriminating arguments based on the intensive reading of particular texts
- Recognise the provisional and unfinished nature of intellectual enquiry |
Assessment Information
| One 4000-word essay at the end of semester 1. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ian Fyfe
Tel: 514803
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Course secretary | Mrs Lesley Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 6373
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