Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- effecting change through education and public history, in particular the ways in which history and the humanities can be leveraged to effect change.
- a wide variety of secondary source material relating to effecting change through education and public history, including theoretical frameworks used in the field.
- a wide variety of primary sources relating to effecting change through education and public history.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- use to good effect textual, visual and material culture sources, synthesising this material to develop cogent and persuasive arguments.
- utilise and develop your time-management skills.
- research complex historical questions and communicate your findings convincingly and concisely in assignments.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- engage with historiography and theoretical frameworks, contributing to the debates relating to effecting change through education and public history and its relationship to the wider world.
- apply your developed knowledge, structuring your ideas and research findings into well-ordered assignments.
- undertake a thorough critical analysis and assessment of a variety of textual, visual and material culture sources.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 100 |
| Workshops | 24 |
| Seminar | 24 |
| Completion of assessment task | 100 |
| Wider reading or practice | 52 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Joanna McIntyre, Fran Abrams (2020). Refugee Education: Theorising Practice in Schools. Routledge.
Nina Simon (2010). The Participatory Museum. Museum 2.0.
Steve Slack (2020). Interpreting Heritage: A Guide to Planning and Practice, Routledge Guide to Practice in Museums, Galleries and Heritage. Routledge.
Jessica Abel (2015). Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio. Random House.
Peter Serdyukov, Mark Ryan (2007). Writing Effective Lesson Plans: The 5-Star Approach. Pearson.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Lesson | 25% |
| Video | 25% |
| Podcast | 25% |
| Plan | 25% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Lesson | 25% |
| Plan | 25% |
| Video | 25% |
| Podcast | 25% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External