| CODE | ACA1012 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Practicum | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 8 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The practicum involves formative hands-on exposure and experience in the fields of adult education, training and development. During each session of the practicum students are meant to develop/nurture particular competencies, skills or attitudes that testify to a professional and committed vocational work ethic; whilst at the same time consolidating exposure to and analysis of concepts, theories, paradigms, methodologies and approaches discussed in other more 'lecture-based' study-units. During this practicum, students will have opportunities to plan, set-up, manage and evaluate a learning environment that is attractive, motivating and educational for different cohorts adult learners and/or trainees. Study-Unit Aims: The aims of this study-unit include: - Formative hands-on exposure and experience in the fields of adult education, training and development, particularly as regards planning, setting-up, managing and evaluating learning contexts that are attractive, motivating and educational for different cohorts of adult learners and/or trainees; - Consolidation of concepts, theories, paradigms, methodologies and approaches discussed in other more 'lecture-based' study-units; and - Development of competencies, skills and attitudes relevant to educators in the fields of adult education, training and development within a framework of a professional and committed vocational work ethic. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Select content and activities which are appropriate for the needs and aptitudes of the learners and/or trainees they are catering for; - Identify work ethic components that are relevant to respective learners and/or trainees and learning contexts that testify to professionalism and commitment; and - Review how adult learners and/or trainees learn and engage with the chosen pedagogies, content and methodologies. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Prepare a scheme of work and lesson plans that are relevant, motivating and educational for the respective adult learners and/or trainees, adequate for the respective learning contexts and that reflect a professional and committed vocational work ethic; - Formulate and employ evaluation tools to monitor learning outcomes; and - Analyze the impact that the personal and/or professional background of adult learners and/or trainees has on the learning context and the learning outcomes. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - English, L., & Mayo, P. (2012). Learning with adults : A critical pedagogical introduction (International issues in adult education). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. - Higgs, J., & Trede, F. (Eds.). (2016). Professional Practice Discourse Marginalia (Practice, Education, Work and Society). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. - Kirkwood, G. & Kirkwood, J. (2011). Living Adult Education: Freire in Scotland. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers Supplementary Readings: - Fletcher, S., France, D., Moore, K., & Robinson, G. (2007). Practitioner Perspectives on the Use of Technology in Fieldwork Teaching. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 31(2), 319-330. - Gilmore, J.C. (2011). Teaching Practice through Fieldwork Course Design. Western Folklore, 70(3-4), 255-285. - Marvell, A., Simm, D., Schaaf, R., & Harper, R. (2013). Students as Scholars: Evaluating Student-Led Learning and Teaching during Fieldwork. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37(4), 547-566. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Fieldwork | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Carmel P. Borg Maria M. Brown |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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