The teaching will consist of weekly sessions. There will be a mixture of lectures
(transmission), exercises and self-directed study discussion groups and group debates
(cooperation and consolidation) (see debate guidance on Blackboard) and weekly Round Table Discussions (see below).
WIDER independant
STUDY
weekly sessions is essential. The onus is on you to ensure that this takes place as it will help develop your knowledge and understanding in readiness for your assignment.
One method that will be employed during the Round Table Discussions, to help you develop your abilities in critical thinking will be Socratic questioning, A learning-centred approach that challenges a person to develop their critical thinking skills and engage in analytic discussion which leads to independent learning and thinking. This form of questioning can be used to explore ideas, to get to the root of things, to uncover assumptions, and to analyse complex concepts. This type of questioning usually focuses on fundamental concepts, principles, theories, issues, or problems.
around the topics outside the