Last modified: 05 Aug 2025 15:46
This course is designed for students registered on the BA Childhood Practice degree with a focus on different learning environments for the child. The aim of the course is to promote and encourage the use of workplace based activities as the basis for academic study. This course is designed to meet the continuing professional development of individuals involved with working with children and students must be employed in a relevant educational setting for a minimum of 12.5 hours per week.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 1 |
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| Term | Full Year | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Throughout the course, both on and off campus, students are encouraged, through engagement with others, to value and promote diversity.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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Written tutor feedback Verbal is also offered if required. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Identify and demonstrate a broad knowledge and understanding of children’s environments by drawing on relevant literature and theory. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Demonstrate understanding of ways in which enabling environments can impact upon practice and evaluate the impact they have on the developmental needs of children. |
| Reflection | Create | Present a clearly structured and reasoned submission that shows evidence of reading around the topic of child environments. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Provide an evaluation of practice with specific reference to theories and philosophies related to children and their environment. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Identify and demonstrate a broad knowledge and understanding of children’s environments by drawing on relevant literature and theory. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Demonstrate understanding of ways in which enabling environments can impact upon practice and evaluate the impact they have on the developmental needs of children. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Provide an evaluation of practice with specific reference to theories and philosophies related to children and their environment. |
| Reflection | Create | Present a clearly structured and reasoned submission that shows evidence of reading around the topic of child environments. |
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