Discourses on Childhood Practice EDUC3097

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Education
  • Credits: 40
  • Level: Level 3 (SCQF level 9)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course will engage students with three discourses pertaining to childhood practice. Those being: the discourse of derision (Noddings); the discourse on gender (namely practitioners' perspectives on gender apropos children and men's participation in childhood practice) and a discourse on perceptions of quality. Related sub-themes such as stereotypes, self-regulation, standards, diversity amongst others will also be considered.

Timetable

Two hours twilight (with a pre-recorded resource supplied one week in advance of each session) session normally taking place on a Thursday evening for seven consecutive weeks

Requirements of Entry

Excluded Courses

NA

Co-requisites

NA

Assessment

Students will:

1. Individually author an essay that explains the main attributes of one of the three discourses under consideration in the course. In addition, as part of that essay, students will explain how their professional roles and identities are influenced for good or ill (in their view) by the selected discourse and how they could individually and/or collectively in their professional spaces counter perceived negative consequences of aspects of the discourse. 3000 words +/- 10% (100% weighting)

Course Aims

The course aims to enable students to:

1. Consider in more depth how a 'discourse' can influence their practice, identity and influence on others

2. Raise students' awareness of the complex nature of their role at a range of scales and involving a range of relationships and spaces

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Explain key aspects of the three discourses in terms of their (the student's) values, perceptions and practice

2. Explain strengths and weaknesses in the three discourses under consideration apropos their identity and practice

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.