The Pedagogy of the Social Sciences Curriculum (eBook)

Jamie Halsall is a senior lecturer in social sciences in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield. His research interests lie in the field of sociology of community. In December 2011 Jamie co published a book with Ian Cook, Aging in Comparative Perspective: Processes and Policies, which was published by Springer Press. Jamie is currently a stream coordinator at the British Sociological Association for the Social Divisions/Social Identities. He is the book review and conference report editor for the international journal, Global Built Environment Review (GBER). Michael Snowden is a senior lecturer in health and community studies in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield. His research interests lie in the field of pedagogy, mentorship, curriculum enhancement, and learning. Michael is a regular speaker at national and international conferences concerned with the development of pedagogical strategies. Michael is currently the national coordinator for the flexible pedagogy group of the Universities Association for Life Long Learning and works in collaboration with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council to develop mentorship within higher education.

Foreword 6
Acknowledgements 8
Contents 10
About the Authors 12
Chapter 1: Where We Are Now 15
The Social Science Discipline 16
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 19
Structure of the Volume 20
Chapter 2: Towards a Concept of Solution-Focused Teaching: Learning in Communities, About Communities—for the Benefit of Communities 21
Chapter 3: Heutagogy in an Emerging Curriculum 21
Chapter 4: On the Edge 21
Chapter 5: Collaborative Working in the Statutory and Voluntary Sectors 22
Chapter 6: Delivering a Community Development Curriculum to Students with Multiple Identities: Exploring the Issues and Identifying Challenges for Educators 22
Chapter 7: Photography and Teaching in Community Development 22
Chapter 8: A Model for Change: Sharing Ideas and Strategies 23
Chapter 9: Establishing Excellence: Where Do We Go from Here? 23
References 23
Chapter 2: Towards a Concept of Solution-Focused Teaching: Learning in Communities: About Communities—for the Benefit of Communities 25
Curriculum Design 27
Learning 28
Teaching 30
Assessment 33
Community Engagement and Development 35
Conclusion 35
References 36
Chapter 3:Heutagogy in an Emerging Curriculum 38
The Developing Curriculum 39
Solution Focussed Teaching and Learning 43
Mentoring and Heutagogy 44
References 49
Chapter 4: On the Edge 52
Politics and Economy of ‘Welfare’ 55
Higher Education Trends 56
Community Development 57
The Periphery 58
Competition 59
Marketing and Recruitment 61
Student Employability 62
Annual Quality Monitoring Report for Each Year Since the Last Approval Event 63
Curriculum 64
Distinguishing Features 65
Conclusion 66
References 67
Chapter 5: Collaborative Working in the Statutory and Voluntary Sectors 68
Introduction 68
Case Study: Pukar 71
Collaborative Working 72
Capacity Building in Pukar 74
Future and Collaborative Working 76
Perspectives from Student on Placement 77
Issues in Collaborative and Partnership 78
Conclusion 79
References 79
Chapter 6: Delivering a Community Development Curriculum to Students with Multiple Identities: Exploring the Issues and Identifying Challenges for Educators 81
Introduction 81
The Context: Community Development Degree Programme and Student Body 83
Diaspora 84
Issues 88
Institutional Issues and Challenges 88
Programme Issues 89
Student Issues 91
Curriculum Challenge 92
Conclusion 95
References 95
Chapter 7: Photography and Teaching in Community Development 96
Introduction 96
Why? 97
The Photographs 98
So What? 100
Conclusion 102
References 102
Chapter 8: A Model for Change: Sharing Ideas and Strategies 104
Introduction 104
The HEI Landscape in the UK and Elsewhere 104
Communities 105
Bridging the Gap 106
Examples of Past Good Practice 107
A Model for Engagement 108
Good Practice Today 111
Discussion and Conclusions 115
References 116
Chapter 9: Establishing Excellence: Where Do We Go from Here? 118
Introduction 118
What Is Excellence and Its Relevance to Higher Educational Practice? 118
Working in Organisations 126
Collaborative Working 126
Continuous Quality Improvement 126
User Focused Learning 127
Performance Management 127
Measuring Efficiency and Effectiveness 127
Conclusion 128
References 128
Index 130