Critical Understanding of Power in Communities EDUC2095

  • Academic Session: 2023-24
  • School: School of Education
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 2 (SCQF level 8)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes

Short Description

This course enables students to understand and critique a range of theoretical ideas relating to power and discourses that determine the social, cultural, and political contexts of community development practice.

Timetable

A series of  6 weekly 4 hour inputs 

Requirements of Entry

Completion of level 1, or equivalent (including those students who have entered directly into year 2 with appropriate qualifications)

 

Visiting students must have some experience of working with groups in communities

Assessment

1. (75%) Essay: 1,500 words to demonstrate critical understanding of theories of power 

2. (25%) Individual presentation in which students identify a manifestation of power in a community context

Course Aims

The aim of the course is to enable students to understand the theories and manifestations of power structures and, and discourse used in relation to community development practice. In addition, students will have the opportunity to explore this critical knowledge in relation to how it can impact the practice and possibilities of community development.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

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

1. Understand a range of theories relating to power and powerlessness

2. Consider how theories of power influence community development practice

3. Apply methods of power analysis within a community development context

4. Present work according to academic conventions.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

80% attendance