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Module Availability |
Semester 1 |
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Assessment Pattern |
Assignment (3000 words) Present a needs analysis which clearly identifies the research base for your conclusions and the implications for your practice.
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Module Overview |
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Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
Working with CYP |
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Module Aims |
The aim of this module is to enable the participants to explore the concepts, research and practice in the field of children and young people’s social relationships. |
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Learning Outcomes |
• Critically evaluate the concept of the whole school approach • Discuss the nature of emotional health and well being in children and young people (CYP) and the positive and negative outcomes for CYP of poor interpersonal relationships such as bullying. • Debate the concept of an emotionally literate school. • Develop the skills and knowledge to help to empower CYP to take action against school bullying. • Be able to undertake and critically evaluate a needs analysis and identify areas that need to change and outline how that change may be facilitated. • Critically evaluate how the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the module will impact on the student’s area of practice and how their practice could be improved.
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Module Content |
Key themes to be explored in this module include: • The value of the whole school approach in developing and sustaining children and young people’s (CYP) emotional health and well being. • The importance of children and young people’s relationships in social development. • What happens when relationships go wrong: bullying and exclusion from the peer group. • The nature of bullying. • Preparing for change: involving the whole school and its community. • Conducting a needs analysis • Consulting with children and young people • Creating an emotionally literate school community.
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Methods of Teaching/Learning |
30 hours on-line study supported by 6 x 1.5 hour sessions in the virtual environment Second Life. |
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Last Updated |
24th September 2010 |
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