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ED554U: TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICE IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS (2024-2025)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2024 09:46


Course Overview

This module is offered to all who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in trauma-informed educational practices. This includes specifically classroom teachers, existing principal teachers, guidance teachers, faculty heads and senior managers within schools as well as community educationalists.

The module covers aspects of all areas below:

  • Trauma-informed educational policies from Scottish, UK and international perspectives
  • Developing a trauma-informed ethos and leadership
  • Trauma-informed pedagogies
  • Trauma-informed curricula

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mrs Stephanie O'reilly

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will encourage you to think about your own knowledge in relation to trauma-informed practices within your own educational setting. It will help you to develop your knowledge of child and adult safeguarding processes, trauma-informed values and ethos, trauma-informed pedagogies, and trauma-informed curricular content.

It will give you opportunities to critically reflect on your own practice and develop targets for improving your practice with regard to trauma-informed education. The course will focus on critical, contrasting perspectives on the definitions of trauma and look at the socio-economic, political and medical influences on trauma-informed education. Lastly, it will allow you to think about other agencies which can support you to develop trauma-informed practices in your own setting.  


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 39 Feedback Weeks 42

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Written feedback

Word Count 6000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseTo critically analyse conflicting definitions of trauma
FactualUnderstandTo critically engage with trauma-informed policy and academic literature
ProceduralApplyTo develop an understanding of pedagogical approaches with regard to trauma-informed practice
ReflectionEvaluateTo evaluate your own teaching/educational practice in light of trauma-informed research

Formative Assessment

Essay

Assessment Type Formative Weighting
Assessment Weeks 28 Feedback Weeks 31

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Feedback

Feedback which will contain strengths and next steps (to inform summative assessment)

Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseTo critically analyse conflicting definitions of trauma
FactualUnderstandTo critically engage with trauma-informed policy and academic literature

Essay

Assessment Type Formative Weighting
Assessment Weeks 32 Feedback Weeks 35

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Feedback

Feedback which will contain strengths and next steps (to inform summative assessment)

Word Count 1000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualUnderstandTo critically engage with trauma-informed policy and academic literature

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 24 Feedback Weeks 27

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Written feedback

Word Count 6000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualUnderstandTo critically engage with trauma-informed policy and academic literature
ConceptualAnalyseTo critically analyse conflicting definitions of trauma
ReflectionEvaluateTo evaluate your own teaching/educational practice in light of trauma-informed research
ProceduralApplyTo develop an understanding of pedagogical approaches with regard to trauma-informed practice

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