CL4990 Teaching and Learning in Classics and Ancient History

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Available only to students also taking ID4002.

Planned timetable

To be arranged.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr R T Anderson

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Module Staff

Dr R T Anderson

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module complements ID4002 'Communication and Teaching in Arts & Humanities', a placement module in which students gain substantial experience of a working educational environment, and of communicating aspects of the Greek and Roman world to school pupils. It is compulsory for students taking ID4002 through the School of Classics. It offers students the opportunity to explore aspects of education in Classics in the modern world and to carry out an extended piece of work of their own design on a topic of their choice within the general area of Classics and education. The topic could have a pedagogical focus, exploring the place of Classics in education, or it could be a more detailed exploration of a subject related to the student's work in ID4002, or it could focus on another aspect of the communication of Classics in the modern world. The module features a blend of short seminars and individual supervision to help each student develop their own project.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

AS STATED IN THE SCHOOL OF CLASSICS UNDERGRADUATE HANDBOOK

Co-requisites

YOU MUST ALSO TAKE ID4002

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Resubmission of coursework (100%)

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

A total of four hours across the semester, divided between group seminars and individual supervision meetings

Scheduled learning hours

4

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

146

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Identify and describe key changes in classical education in UK schools over the last 100 years or so
  • Describe in outline a selection of key contemporary theories of learning and apply those theories to the history of classics teaching in UK schools.
  • Analyse the changes in UK classical education and relate them to changes in social, political and cultural contexts and the development of new learning theories
  • Devise a research question suitable for a small-scale, individual project on classical education or broader themes of the communication of classical literature, art, culture or history in the modern world.
  • Identify, collate and evaluate appropriate evidence and secondary scholarship in support of this project
  • Formulate sophisticated arguments about the topic of the research project and communicate them clearly in written form, using appropriate methodologies and evidence.