MODULE SPECIFICATION

Code:UA1AFL-20-3	Title:		Participatory Arts & Media Facilitation: Methods and Approaches			Version: 1
Level: Level 3	UWE credit rating: 20					ECTS credit rating: 10
Module type: Project
Owning Faculty: SCA				Field: Visual Culture Field Leader: A Partington
Faculty Committee approval: Q & S Committee					Date 25 March 2009 revised and put forward to 20/7/09, Approved 20/7/09
Approved for delivery by: n/a
Valid from: September 2009		Discontinued from:
Contributes towards: Graduate Certificate Participatory Arts and Media Professional Practice Graduate Certificate Participatory Arts and Media Professional Practice (Health & Social Care)
Pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Entry requirements: If the module is offered as CPD or stand alone, indicate the entry requirements Qualified to degree level or equivalent experience as practitioner in the community arts and community media sector.
Excluded combinations:

Learning Outcomes:

To enable students to:

Knowledge and Understanding

i) identify and analyse different approaches to facilitation and learning;

ii) understand accepted terminology and conventions;

iii) demonstrate understanding of different theories of learning and teaching;

Intellectual Skills

iv) reflect on the effectiveness of participatory facilitation styles within particular social contexts;

v) understand the facilitator/participant relationship and the impact on learning;

vi) identify appropriate solutions to sets of complex practice-based problems;

vii) analyse and evaluate the approaches and methods of others;

Subject/Practical Skills

viii) engage in a range of practical facilitation techniques and teaching methods, used to resolve issues that arise in participatory practice;

ix) demonstrate the development and resolution of their ideas through the presentation of their work;

x) research, prepare and present case studies and presentations.

Transferable Skills

xi) understand the implications of different issues and courses of action;

xii) understand and manage dilemmas and value-conflicts;

xiii) identify interrelationships between wider systems in which community arts/media practice is located

xiv) evaluate the impact of their actions on different situations.

Syllabus outline:

The module provides students with the tools to operate as an effective facilitator working in diverse situations and reflect on their own facilitation methods, and those of others. Students will also become aware of the ethics and policy requirements of working with young people, vulnerable adults and people with disabilities.

Students complete 3 practical tasks during this module consisting of being observed facilitating a session, observing others, and producing a report to be submitted as text and presentations, with supporting research material.

Teaching and Learning Methods:

A series of lectures, seminars, workshops, practical tasks, on-line lectures and discussions run during the module. These are designed support the development of intellectual and practical skills, and encourage students to debate and question their perception of participatory creative practice.

Progress is guided by on-line discussion, group and individual meetings. Submitted research files and completed tasks form a key part of the student’s learning.

Assessment is conducted through the delivery of projects (tasks) in response to a set brief, and a research file which outlines contextual research submitted as supporting material.

Reading Strategy:

The ‘Essential Reading’ is indicated to supplement student understanding of the subjects covered throughout the module. ‘Further Reading’ will guide students through their selected assessment topics and will therefore be based on student interests under the guidance of tutors.

Essential Reading:

Richardson, L. D. and Wolfe, M

Principles and Practice of Informal Education: Learning through Life

Routledge Falmer, (2006)

Further Reading:

Kincheloe, J. L.	Critical Pedagogy Primer	Peter Lang publishing (2008)
Rogers, C	Freedom to Learn	Macmillan Publishing, Merrill imprint, USA (1983)
Goldfarb, B	Visual Pedagogy: Media Cultures in and beyond the classroom	Duke University Press (2002)
Harding, A	Magic Moments: Collaboration between Artists and Young People	Black Dog Publishing (2005)
Lunch, C. & Lunch, N	Insights into participatory video – A handbook for the field	Insight (2006)

Assessment

ATTEMPT 1

First Assessment Opportunity

Component A

Description of each element Element weighting

1 1500 word essay 60%

2 Module file containing 2 x 600 word assignments + observation reports 40%

Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is not required)

Component A

Description of each element Element weighting

1 1500 word essay 60%

2 Module file containing 2 x 600 word assignments + observation reports 40%

Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………

(Associate Dean/Programme Director)