Module: Values, Identity & Intercultural Learning

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Values, Identity & Intercultural Learning
Module Code	ES320 (ITS) / EDU1065 (Banner)
Faculty	DCU Institute of Education	School	Policy & Professional Practice
Module Co-ordinator	John Lalor
Module Teachers	Francesca Lorenzi
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

The purpose of this module is to enquire into the nature of values and their relevance in a broad range of education and training settings, including traditional, vocational, adult and further education contexts. The module will address the area of values from the perspective of individual identity, interculturalism and the reflective practitioner. Students will be introduced to theoretical models addressing both teaching of values and teaching values.

Learning Outcomes

1. Outline the role of values in education and training.
2. Describe how values impact on the roles of educators and trainers.
3. Develop an appreciation of moral reasoning as a means to enhanced intercultural understanding
4. Examine the relationship between individual identity and active citizenship.
5. Explore the concept of intercultural understanding in education and training contexts.
6. Design curricula which recognise the diversity of values, identity and culture in education and training contexts and which could be implemented in a wide range of such settings.
7. Devise effective training methodologies for diverse educational settings in a variety of contexts including further and continuing education.
8. Explore the values of tolerance, respect, responsibility, democracy and recognition as the bases for intercultural understanding and education

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent Study	60	No Description
Independent Study	11	No Description
Assignment Completion	30	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Theme 1
Values in Education and Values Education: examines the implications of values in a wide range of education and training contexts.

Theme 2
The Hidden Curriculum: investigates how the values of an organisation can have implications for the entire organisation with particular reference to espoused values and actual values as perceived through day-to-day interactions in the organisation.

Theme 3
The Reflective Practitioner: an exploration of values and attitudes from the individual perspective of the practitioner and the impact on practice.

Theme 4
Issues of Identity: examines a range of key texts in relation to international, national and cultural identity.

Theme 5
Inclusive Citizenship: examines curricula in the area of civic, social and political education with a view to developing an inclusive curriculum in a range of education and training settings.

Theme 6
Interculturalism: looks at the move from monocultural educational settings through multiculturalism to interculturalism, and the implications for education and training.

Theme 7
Inclusive Learning: explores the impact of learning theories, different learning styles and training methodologies from the perspective of values, identity and interculturalism.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Portfolio	Portfolio of coursework	100%	Sem 1 End

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Edith Cresson: 0, Learning for Active Citizenship, The European Commission,
Stephenson, J; Ling, L; Burman, E. and Cooper, M.: 1998, Values in Education, Routledge, London,
Banks, J.: 1997, Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society, Teachers College Press, New York,
Church, C. and Visser, A: 2001, Multiculturalism and Diversity, Incore, Derry,
Willet, C.: 1998, Theorising Multiculturalism, Bklckwell, Oxford,
Lalor, J; Spintourakis, J; Berg, W: 2011, Cultural Diversity in the Classroom: A European Comparison, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Germany, 3531182927
Rachels J & Rachels S: 2010, The elements of moral philosophy, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, New York, 0073386715

Other Resources

37453, Website, Smith, M.K., 2000, Curriculum theory and practice:the encyclopedia of informal education, www.infed.org/biblio/b-curric.htm,