Postgraduate Course: Curriculum and Assessment (EDUA11140)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | Deaf pupils and students face a range of barriers to fully accessing curriculum and assessment. This module explores the nature of these barriers and how they might be overcome. The module will include discussion of systemic issues, as well as practical strategies for facilitating access. | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
     lectures, seminars, workshops involving presentations from visiting d/Deaf   
  and hearing presenters;							 
 Short in-class presentations on key texts and/or specific subjects; 
   Tutor and self-directed study 126 hours				 
  Critical reading of relevant literature and viewing of videotapes/CDs                     
   relating to curriculum/assessment issues;				 
 Interactions with d/Deaf people to learn about their experience of accessing   
   curriculum and assessment; 
 Discussions with fellow professionals on ways of facilitating curriculum and  
   assessment access;  
 Exploration of World Wide Web resources in relation to curriculum and   
   assessment; 
  Collation of material for the Professional Portfolio.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Additional Class Delivery Information | 
Twenty four hours contact teaching, delivered flexibly. 175 hours self study at home / in an educational setting with deaf learners. 
Wed. 24/9/8 - Fri 26/9/8 and Wed 29/10/8 - Thur 30/10/8. 
10 am - 4 pm | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Rachel O'Neill 
Tel: (0131 6)51 6429 
Email: rachel.oneill@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Lorraine Denholm 
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433 
Email: lorraine.denholm@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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