Module overview
These modules will focus upon the development of highly transferable practical skills relevant to specific sectors through which change can be affected. In this module we will explore how public history (e.g. exhibitions, magazines, documentaries, entertainment) and education (e.g. curriculum development, classroom resources) can address contemporary global and local challenges and effect change within society. The module’s Communication Workshops will focus upon the development of two specific outputs: public exhibitions and classroom lesson plans. Digital Humanities workshops will develop skills in the production of video essays and podcasts to enhance the impact of these outputs.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- undertake a thorough critical analysis and assessment of a variety of textual, visual and material culture sources.
- 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.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- research complex historical questions and communicate your findings convincingly and concisely in assignments.
- utilise and develop your time-management skills.
- use to good effect textual, visual and material culture sources, synthesising this material to develop cogent and persuasive arguments.
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 primary sources relating to effecting change through education and public history.
- a wide variety of secondary source material relating to effecting change through education and public history, including theoretical frameworks used in the field.
Syllabus
Topics to be explored on the module may include public history, education, lesson planning, video essays, and podcasts.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include seminars and workshops.
Learning methods include skills-based workshops and discussion of key themes and ideas.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 24 |
| Workshops | 24 |
| Wider reading or practice | 52 |
| Completion of assessment task | 100 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 100 |
| 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.
Jessica Abel (2015). Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio. Random House.
Steve Slack (2020). Interpreting Heritage: A Guide to Planning and Practice, Routledge Guide to Practice in Museums, Galleries and Heritage. Routledge.
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 |
|---|---|
| Written assignment | 50% |
| Written assignment | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Written assignment | 50% |
| Written assignment | 50% |