Module ANT2042 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT2042: Gardening, Wellbeing and Community
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following themes with scope for individual students to focus on elements of their choice:
- How to record information than could affect growing food successfully, such as soil testing and using exiting vegetation as a proxy for the land’s status
- How to design a food production area
- How to build up organic matter in soil, including traditional composting, no-dig, and permaculture methods
- How to grow food using various methods, from raised beds to forest gardens
- How to obtain food, from foraging, perennial and annual food resources, to typical garden flowers
- How to plant particular crops, from annuals to perennials (including trees)
- How to care for particular crops and prune perennials (particularly trees)
- How to manage a productive area
- How to develop a harvest plan
- How to manage bee hives
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | 75 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 60 | 30 x 2-hour sessions of supervised practical work in the garden |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 15 | Fieldtrips |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Reading |
| Guided independent study | 45 | Preparation of gardening journal and project presentation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Other Learning Resources
Incredible Edible Movement http://incredibleediblenetwork.org.uk/
Grow it Yourself https://giy.ie/
The Orchard Project: www.theorchardproject.org.uk
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly gardening journal | 30 x 150-word weekly entries (may be accompanied by illustrations) about planning, designing, managing and observing activities in the garden | 1-6 | Oral feedback on selected entries during teaching times in the garden, with indicative mark upon request |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 0 | 50 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardening journal | 50 | 3750 words | 1-6 | Written comments |
| Presentations to class of individual project | 50 | 15-minute presentation | 1-6 | Oral comments followed by written comments |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardening journal | Gardening journal (3750 words) | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
| Presentation to class of individual project | 1500 word write up of presentation submitted to convenor | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
