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STREAP: Language Development and Critical Reflection for Teaching in Gaelic Medium
Our STREAP programme aims to meet the needs of fully qualified educationalists who want to:
- To enhance and extend professional practice in the teaching of subject/stage through the medium of Gaelic
- To provide knowledge and understanding of the range of theoretical (including historical) perspectives – interpretive, social, creative – relating to immersion and bilingual teaching and the promotion of Gaelic Medium Education
- To familiarise students with the support structures available in Gaelic education e.g. CLAS; Stòrlann
- To provide the advanced knowledge and understanding and skills required to deliver subject/stage through Gaelic medium
- To provide a critical appreciation of how the key concepts of language understanding and development are integrated into subject/stage teaching and how they impact on each other.
- To give participants opportunities to understand and review critically pedagogies used to deliver their stage/subject through Gaelic medium
- To examine theories of learning in the context of Gaelic medium and to engage the participants in an interrogation of how the Gaelic language is used in the classroom to teach the subject/stage and how children use the Gaelic language
- To examine policy initiatives and their relationship with Gaelic Medium education e.g. Curriculum for Excellence, Citizenship, etc
- To develop the relevant Gaelic language skills so that participants are able through their subject/stage teaching to:
- analyse pupils' reactions to determine whether blocks in learning are conceptual, subject-specific or linguistic
- build in much more opportunities to use the target language in expositions, explanations and interactions with pupils than would (perhaps) be the case in English
- respond to specific language points which arise – whether to respond to them immediately, or later, or at all
- gain experience about the levels of error tolerance which are appropriate in different circumstance
- o reinforce the acquisition of the language as well as the skills, concepts and knowledge associated with the subject/stage
- reflect on knowledge, skills, practice and professional development needs within the context of Gaelic medium teaching
Programme Structure
The programme is comprised:
* SCQF refers to the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework and Level 11 within this framework describes study at postgraduate taught masters level.
The programme is designed to provide breadth, balance and progression, and increasing opportunities for students to assume responsibility for the direction and focus of their own studies.
Teaching and Assessment
Support for learning and development is provided in a number of forms, including:
- Participant Programme Handbook
- Extended Course Guides
- Lectures, tutorials and workshops
- Prepared Course Materials and Readers
- Study and Research Support Units
- Library Staff Support and Guides
- Library-based and Online Resources
- Tutor Contact Time
- Access to the School and Programme Online Learning and Communication Areas
- Provision of an extensive bibliography.
Assessment modes and instruments will vary according to the purpose of the assessment.
Students will complete formative assessment for Course 1 and both formative and summative assessments for Course 2.
Assessment serves formative, summative and evaluative purposes within individual courses and programmes of study. Thus assessment is used to support learning, provide evidence of individual achievement, provide insights into the quality of learning and inform review of the design and delivery of courses.
Application Form for New Participants
If you wish to register for this Programme please complete and return the downloadable form: Application Form (Word - Right click the link and choose save target as to download - 41 Kb)
For further information contact:
Course Administrator at Sabhal Mor Ostaig
Tel: +44 (0) 01474 888247 Email: streap@smo.uhi.ac.uk
Team Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 274673 E-mail: aps@abdn.ac.uk
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King's College · Aberdeen · AB24 5UA · UK
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