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RADICAL EDUCATION AND CRITICAL PEDAGOGY

Module code: AD814
Credits: 10
Semester: Year-Long
Quota: 2
Department: ADULT EDUCATION
International:
Coordinator: Dr Shauna Busto Gilligan (ADULT EDUCATION)

	Overview
	This module will explore key texts on critical pedagogy, critical adult and community education and critical thinking and reflexivity. It will interrogate current practice and policy, implicit and explicit, with a view to facilitating social transformation in community and education. This module will also explore critical political, cultural and sociological literacies through an exploration of texts, film, oral histories, music and drama.

Overview

This module will explore key texts on critical pedagogy, critical adult and community education and critical thinking and reflexivity. It will interrogate current practice and policy, implicit and explicit, with a view to facilitating social transformation in community and education. This module will also explore critical political, cultural and sociological literacies through an exploration of texts, film, oral histories, music and drama.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Critically reflect on the role of education in society. Critcally reflect on their own educational experience in the wider social context. Develop their theoretical and practical competence in critical thinking and reflection and pedagogy.

Teaching & Learning methods

Assessment

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? No Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

	Timetable
	This timetable is not currently available, please contact the Adult Education Department.