Unit name | Communities, Education and Ways of Knowing |
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Unit code | ENGL20118 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Ms. Amy Laurent |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
none |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
none |
Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
School/department | Department of English |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Communities, Education and Ways of Knowing is the third in a series of cumulative units which are designed to support students in the development, execution and critical evaluation of their community-engaged projects as part of their undergraduate studies on the English Literature and Community Engagement BA.
The unit aims to introduce students to cross-disciplinary perspectives and contestations around the ways that spaces of learning, knowledge and expertise are constructed, enacted and framed in contemporary society
Students will be introduced to a range of perspectives from disciplines including education and sociology and will be supported to critically engage with these perspectives in relation to their own community-engaged project practice.
Community engagement is a practice-led discipline and students are expected, as a core part of this unit, to commit at least 30 hours to the continued development and execution of their own community engaged project. Student will be expected to evidence their practice through reflective journals. At this point in their studies students have typically established or are in the final stages of establishing their community-engaged projects.*
This unit will support students to consider the nature of learning spaces, knowledge and expertise in relation to their own projects. To aid this, students will be introduced to a variety of facilitation and participatory techniques used when managing groups, drawn from sources including participatory and community-based research and third sector and practitioner toolkits. As part of this unit students will receive skills-based training on group dynamics and conflict management.
As part of this unit students will receive an observational visit from their community-engagement tutor and an accompanying feedback report which they will be expected to utilise as part of the unit’s summative assignment. **
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
This unit is normally taught through a series of 3-hour seminars delivered across the academic year. Seminars utilise a range of teaching methods including lectures, practical-activities and small group dicussion. Seminars are supported by a range of asynchronous learning activities. As part of this unit students have access to a one-to-one mentor who will support and guide thier communtiy engaged practice. Students also typically have access to two Saturday writing re-treats which provide a guided space for developing their academic writing skills.
1 x 4000-word essay (including response to site visit report if appropriate) [ILOs: 1- 4] 100%
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. ENGL20118).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.