Module POC1031 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC1031: Political Communication
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to:
- Introduce you to a range of key academic skills including research, note making, critical thinking, a range of styles of academic writing, public speaking and project management.
- Give you opportunity to practice, gain ongoing feedback and reflect on these skills in a supportive environment
- Encourage you to reflect on your own perspective within, and relationship with, the academic institution.
- Equip you to think critically about how knowledge is (re)produced and communicated.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Develop strategic thinking and project management approaches to organise your academic career 2. Critically reflect on how positionality impacts our experience of education and politics 3. Critically engage with and produce a range of different forms of political communication |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. Find, read and engage with appropriate research 5. Understand and develop the range of key skills essential for rigorous academic work in a Higher Education setting 6. Employ tools of analysis and critical thinking to compare sources and use research to develop and support your own independent work 7. Communicate your ideas coherently, logically and convincingly through academic writing and other forms of communication |
| Personal and Key Skills | 8. Reflect on your own learning and skills in order to think strategically about personal development 9. Work independently and manage time efficiently in preparing for scheduled learning activities, exercises and assessments 10. Work with peers to develop a learning community, and present a reflective project |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
- Cottrell, Stella. 2019. The Study Skills Handbook – Macmillan Study Skills. Macmillan Education UK.
- Cottrell, Stella. 2017. Critical Thinking Skills: Effective Analysis, Argument and Reflection – Macmillan Study Skills. Macmillan Education UK.
- Gillberg, C., 2020. The significance of crashing past gatekeepers of knowledge towards full participation of disabled scholars in abelist academic structures . In: Ableism in Academia: Theorising the experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education. s.l.:UCL Press , pp. 11-26.
- hooks, b., 1994. Confronting Class in the Classroom . In: Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom . London: Routledge , pp. 177-191.
- Hughes, Gareth. 2020. Be Well, Learn Well: Improve Your Wellbeing and Academic Performance. Macmillan Study Skills. Macmillan Education UK.
- Hopkins, Diana. and Reid, Tom. 2018. The Academic Skills Handbook: Your Guide to Success in Writing, Thinking and Communicating at University. SAGE Publications.
- Mirza, Heidi S.. 2018. "Decolonizing Higher Education: Black Feminism and the Intersectionality of Race and Gender." Journal of Feminist Scholarship 7 (Fall): 1-12. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jfs/vol7/iss7/3
- Moriña, Anabel. 2016. Inclusive Education in Higher Education: challenges and opportunities. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 32.1, p. 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2016.1254964
Web-based and electronic resources:
Home | StudyHub (fxplus.ac.uk)
SAGE study skills books - helping students study smarter (sagepub.com)
