Teaching and assessment for Community Development & Youth Work (CLD) MSc

School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Teaching

Online teaching methods include:

lectures
presentations
class-based discussions
videos on youth work, community development, and adult and family learning
group-work activities
online learning
independent study

You will join a learning experience that’s alive with debate, dialogue, and discovery. You will challenge, question and reshape information through thoughtful dialogue and critical reflection. You will be welcomed into a vibrant and inclusive online environment where curiosity thrives and every perspective is valued.

Experienced practitioners are invited to contribute to the delivery of the course. This will support your engagement with ongoing changes and challenges in the professional field of practice.

Assessment

You will be assessed by a variety of different methods:

presentations
discursive essays
reflective essays on your own learning journey
research project
reports from your mentor
More creative means of assessment are currently being developed

Core Modules

These modules are an essential part of your course.

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Module code: CO50012 Credits: 60 Semester: Both Semester 1 and 2

A commitment to social justice and human rights underpins Community Education. This means that community educators need to understand practice within wider societal contexts. This specifically applies to the causes of inequality and injustice.

In this module you will reflect on what this means to your practice.

Developing & Evaluating Community Projects full module details

Module code: CO50013 Credits: 30 Semester: Semester 2

Community educators have the knowledge and skills that are the basis to reflexive transformative practice in their work.

This module allows you to learn and develop these skills, reflecting on your own practice.

Critical Community Practice full module details

Module code: CO50014 Credits: 30 Semester: Both Semester 1 and 2

Professional qualification needs you to have the knowledge and skills that form the basis to reflexive, transformative practice in Community Education.

You will learn to develop through active learning. You will also expand and develop these skills, reflecting on your practice.

Working in Diverse and Divided Contexts full module details

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