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This course will enable students to deepen and extend their knowledge and understanding of educational systems and the role of the teacher in enacting social justice. The course will explore an array of themes from educational discourse and it will explore current policy, practice, pedagogy and research to extend students' critical awareness and scholarship of current issues and developments in education.

Up to 30 hours face to face contact with a mixture of lectures and tutorials. 

Mandatory Entry Requirements

D3 in Education in Society 3

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Assessment

This course will be assessed by a written reflection.

Reassessment

In accordance with the University's Code of Assessment reassessments are normally set for all courses which do not contribute to the honours classifications. For non honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students, and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions are listed below in this box.

In this course, students will take significant steps in their preparation as a social justice educator by focusing on the development of dispositions, knowledge, and skills that reflect and enable them to act upon their understandings of a critical sociological lens on social (in)justice in their classrooms, schools, and communities. They will learn the dispositions, knowledge, and skills of a social justice teacher, reflect upon their own professional identity, and demonstrate their personal and professional development through the course. They will build upon their provisional registration and continue toward meeting the Professional Standards for full registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

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

1. Define and explain the dispositions necessary for being a transformative educator; define and explain social justice, including specific examples; and identify and elaborate on causes and effects of social injustice in order to give examples of how to promote social justice as transformative educators in their own contexts.

2. Relate social justice education to building upon pupils' frames of reference and community cultural wealth, giving examples of specific content and contexts.

3. Apply concepts of social justice education in the three domains of teaching (i.e., relationships, classroom management, and curriculum and instruction).

4. Critically reflect on their own identities as developing teachers in relation to transformative education for social justice.

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