Module: EDU4103-20 A Case Study of Catalonia: Education, Space and Society

Level: 4

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: Vandana Singh

Module Tutor Contact Details: v.singh@bathspa.ac.uk

1. Brief description and aims of module:

This is an open module that will appeal to those particularly interested in Education studies, geography and sociology. The unit explores the case-study of Catalonia, drawing from its innovative and world-leading education language policy; issues of identity and social cohesion; and the negotiation of political and ideological space in the independence movement, in order to gather insight related to Education, Space and Society. Placements will adhere to the university Work Placement Policy

2. Outline syllabus:

Key concepts : Education, Space and Society.

Current issues:

Catalonian independence

Language and identity

Governance

Key skills:

Data collection in a foreign context/cultural sensitivity

Mini-ethnographic research methods

Critical thinking

Constructing and evidencing an academic argument

Comparative skills

3. Teaching and learning activities:

Lectures:

Language and Identity

Culture

Governance

Ethnography

Independence, the particular and the universalism

Catalonian History – UVic

Catalonian education language policy – UVic

Catalonian independence movement - UVic

Placement in Catalonia

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: CW
• Description: Completion of placement
• % Weighting: 50%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: CW
• Description: Report (2,000 words)
• % Weighting: 50%