- Course Code
- ED 1528
- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Mrs M Freeman
Pre-requisites
Required course for all students in the BEd (Hons) Primary Programme in Year 1. This course is also relevant to students from other undergraduate programmes who are interested in a career in teaching and may be considering the professional graduate route into the profession. Disclosure Scotland certification is required. Successful completion of Learning How To Learn.
Notes
Disclosure Scotland certification is required because the course involves worling with young learners in schools and their communities.
Overview
The centra focus of this course is the exploration of learning communities and their influence on young learners' development and achievement. Revisiting theories of learning, collaborative groups will work with field professionals and university tutors to investigate informal and formal learning contexts and their influences on the young learner. Through enquiry, personally held assumptions, values and beliefs abdout effective learning within systems of education, will be challenged.
Course content will include theories of learning, skills of enquiry, presentation techniques, interpersonal and collaborative skills in professional contexts, identification and reflection on personal values and beliefs, structures and influences of family, community and society on learning.
Structure
24 one-hour lectures over 12 weeks will follow a varied pattern eg Weeks 30-31, 4 lectures per week, Weeks 32-37, 2 lectures per week, Weeks 41-44, 1 lecture per week.
A total of 24 hours of tutorials/workshops in a varied pattern of one or two hours over Weeks 30-37 and 41-44.
The remaining 152 hours is required for collaborative group work, fieldwork in school and community, reading, preparation for and completion of assessment.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 4,000 word submission in two parts. Part A submission Week 37; Part A week 44. Both Part A and Part B nust be completed successfully.
Resit: Resubmission of either or both parts (dependent on failure).