Module Code

IL008 - Level 5 (Intermediate)

IL108 - Level 6 (Third year/Finalists)

Module Convenor

Dr Juliet Raynsford

J.Raynsford@warwick.ac.uk

When/Where

Spring Term:

Fridays 13:00 - 15:00

IAS Seminar Room

Assessment

15 CATS:

What is the module about?

This interactive, workshop-based module begins from the perspective that transformations in society, culture, economy, politics, employment and knowledge require us to fundamentally rethink how we perceive and organise education. Building on existing interdisciplinary literature, the module challenges existing modes of delivery and content and explores alternative educational approaches. Through a range of activities and discussions, together we reflect critically on our own educational experiences. We will design and justify new ways of doing education that provide a better fit with our diverse and changing ways of living.

The module examines and critically engages with notions and models of education through a variety of embodied, theoretical and applied explorations. A rich and pluralistic appreciation of ‘education’ will be relevant to all Warwick graduates in their personal and professional lives.

The module consists of 10 two hour workshops. Sessions will be discursive, interactive and exploratory – drawing from students' prior experiences in various educational settings, as well as from engagement with core readings. We will be seeking to enact the ideas with which we engage in the classroom. Activities will stimulate conversation. Assessment activities promote further discussion and encourage you to work together to reimagine educational structures and practices.

Indicative weekly topics (subject to change):

1. The end of education
2. Space and food - learning in community
3. Critical pedagogy
4. Neglected voices
5. Hope (with Rachel Turner King)
6. Contemplation week [no session]
7. Contemplative pedagogy
8. Utopias and dystopias
9. Design your own curriculum
10. Beginning here

The current iteration of Reinventing Education is indebted to its previous convenors. Reinventing Education was originally developed and convened by Prof. Will Curtis and redeveloped and co-convened in 2018-19 by Dr. Nese Ceren Tosun and Naomi de la Tour. It's current iteration has been developed by Naomi de la Tour. Article about the module in Other Education: the Journal of Educational Alternatives

What will the module cover?

The module consists of 10 two hour workshops. Sessions will be discursive, interactive and exploratory – drawing from students' prior experiences in various educational settings, as well as from engagement with core readings. We will be seeking to enact the ideas with which we engage in the classroom. Activities will stimulate conversation. Assessment activities promote further discussion and encourage you to work together to reimagine educational structures and practices.

Indicative weekly topics (subject to change):

1. The end of education
2. Space and food - learning in community
3. Critical pedagogy
4. Neglected voices
5. Hope (with Rachel Turner King)
6. Contemplation week [no session]
7. Contemplative pedagogy
8. Utopias and dystopias
9. Design your own curriculum
10. Beginning here

Learning outcomes

See module catalogue:

Please select: IL008-15 Level 5 (Intermediate)Link opens in a new window

Please select IL108-15 Level 6 (Third year/Finalist) Link opens in a new window

How to register

Complete our online form to request your place.

Once IATL have confirmed you have been allocated a place, follow your home department's procedure to register.

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