| Unit name | Literature and Community Engagement in Practice 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGL20106 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Mrs. Thomas-Hughes |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit provides students with support to continue running their community engagement projects or, to assist them in establishing a new project as/where appropriate*.
Students will have the opportunity to critically consider their projects and to use this, alongside critical theoretical frameworks to contemplate, develop and negotiate their community engagement projects.
*Where the project established in 'Introduction to Literature and Community Engagement 2' was unsuccessful and/or where it has been discontinued for any reason, this unit aims to develop students undertaking of new projects.
Aims
The unit aims to support students in broadening the scope of their community engagement projects including attracting new participants.
The unit aims to foster student’s confidence, independence and expertise in running their community engagement project. The unit aims to guide students in using reflexive analysis to critically review the process of developing their community engagement projects.
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:
1) the ability to run a community engagement project
2) the ability to reflect analytically on participation within the project, including the range of participants who engage and the literary works that are utilised.
3) the ability to reflexively analyse their own participation in the project over the course of the year
4) the ability to reflect on formal feedback from a tutor on the course who observes the project.
Through the year:
5 x 3-hour seminar
1 x 4.5-hour day school
1 x 4.5 hour conference
1 x 1-hour one-to-one meeting with tutor
Formative: 1 x 500 word account of community-engaged project plan (ILO 1 & 2)
Summative: 1 x reflective essay (4000 words including 500-1000 word activity log) (ILOs 1 - 4)
A range of practical materials are provided, including toolkits and practical resource sets from external partners such as the voluntary sector
Additional indicative reading list:
Danielson, S., & Fallon, A. M., 2008. Community-Based Learning and the Work of Literature, Wiley.
Davis, P., 2014, Reading and The Reader, Oxford University Press.
Dolgon, C., Mitchell, T.D., Eatman, T. K., (Eds.) 2017. The Cambridge Handbook of Service Learning and Community Engagement.
Hartley, J., 2001, Reading Groups, Oxford University Press.
Hooks, Bell. 2003. Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, Routledge
Long, E., 2003, Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life, University of Chicago Press.
Millican, J., & Bourner, T. (2011). Studentâcommunity engagement and the changing role and context of higher education. Education + Training, 53(2/3), 89–99
Ong, Walter J., 2012, Orality and Literacy, Routledge revised.
Towheed, S., et al, 2010, The History of Reading, Routledge.
