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Case studies and practical experience drive the approach of this course. Students will familiarise themselves with an organisation, faith community or movement that focuses on disability. They will study the organisation’s views on disability and how it translates these views into practice. Students will learn to reflect critically, ethically, and constructively on the practices they encounter. Students will learn a specific theological model to help them to reflect on the practices they study.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course is aimed at critical and constructive engagement with the practices of disability care and organisation. Students choose one organisation or faith community with which they familiarise themselves. They audit this community or organisation in one of the following ways: 1) a mini-placement in this community/organisation; 2) a detailed study of the organisation’s documents; 3) take their own organisational context as case study. Students keep a journal of their observations and reflections, which forms the basis for their theological reflection and evaluation of the community/organisation. To this end, students will learn a Practical Theological model that teaches a particular method for theological reflection. This is supported by a discussion of case studies and selected texts by disability theologians. The course will help students to start thinking through ethical standards and assumptions with regard to both disability policies and research.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Students will receive detailed instructions for writing their journal and what is expected of the journal, and how they will be assessed. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | By the end of this course, students can critically reflect on the ethical assumptions of disability policies and research. |
| Procedural | Apply | By the end of this course, students can apply a specific model of practical-theological reflection to one organisation of their choice. |
| Procedural | Understand | By the end of this course, students have learned the basics of policy writing in relation to disability in an organisational or faith community context. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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Students will receive detailed instructions on essay-writing, the expectations of this essay, and how they will be assessed. |
Word Count | 4000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Evaluate | By the end of this course, students can apply theological views on disability in their reflection on and evaluation of the theological/philosophical views and practices of that organisation. |
| Procedural | Understand | By the end of this course, students have learned the basics of policy writing in relation to disability in an organisational or faith community context. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | Word Count | 5500 | ||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Evaluate | By the end of this course, students can apply theological views on disability in their reflection on and evaluation of the theological/philosophical views and practices of that organisation. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | By the end of this course, students can critically reflect on the ethical assumptions of disability policies and research. |
| Procedural | Understand | By the end of this course, students have learned the basics of policy writing in relation to disability in an organisational or faith community context. |
| Procedural | Apply | By the end of this course, students can apply a specific model of practical-theological reflection to one organisation of their choice. |
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