View Specification DocumentBeing and becoming 4: imagining learning environments in which learners flourish EDUC4121P
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Education
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
The 'Being and Becoming' strand of courses on the MEduc is designed to support students in their development as caring, reflective, enquiring and critically-conscious teachers of children and young people in accordance with the criteria articulated in the Standards for Provisional Registration (General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), 2021). Through the courses students will develop understandings of, and create connections between themselves, their identity and their positionality exploring their evolving 'way of being' as teachers and how this influences their professional practice and values. Each year's course will include content related to the broad themes of flourishing, inclusion and social justice as students explore further the various and diverse realities which impact the learning environment. In Being and Becoming 4 there will be a focus on flourishing in terms of theory and knowledge. Students will be encouraged to consider a variety of aspects which impact on pupils' sense of self in the educational context.
Timetable
Up to 20 hours face to face with a blend of lectures and seminars.
Requirements of Entry
Recommended: Being and Becoming 3
International students must have approval from Education Study Abroad Coordinator
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
Assessment
Written assignment 70% (1400 word equivalent) - provide a 'classroom dilemma' for Artificial Intelligence to 'solve' then critique the 'solutions' suggested with reference to research.
Report 30% (600 word equivalent) - response to the review of others' 'classroom dilemmas'
Course Aims
The aim of this course is to develop the practical application of students' evolving dispositions as critically-conscious, culturally-responsive, enquiring and reflective educators. They will reflect on core concepts related to flourishing. Students will continue to challenge personal assumptions, values and beliefs about learning and education, as well as make connections between core concepts around inclusion and social justice and their own development as a learner through personal and professional reflection. They will consider how to foster learning environments which embrace social justice and in which learners flourish.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
1. Interrogate contemporary concepts of flourishing and their relevance for diverse learners
2. Critically engage with classroom dilemmas through a reflective, enquiring and critically-conscious stance
3. Demonstrate a holistic understanding of factors which impact the learning environment in the primary school