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Module Description
Title
The Historian at Work
Code
EH502
Level
5
Credit rating
10
Pre-requisites / Corequisites / Entry criteria
for freestanding modules
Type of module
None
Aims
The aims for this module are set into the context of the QAA
Framework for Higher Education Qualifications and they relate to
the SEEC level descriptors for level 5 study.
Taught
This module provides students with first-hand experience of
methodologies for studying history within the specific context of
locality. It aims to give students the ability and enthusiasm to
resource and teach history with pupils in the 3-7 and 5-11 age range
using resources which are readily accessible. It complements and
broadens the range of primary and secondary evidence that
students will encounter in other modules of the course.
Learning outcomes
In relation to the QAA Framework for Higher Education
Qualifications and the SEEC level descriptors for level 5 study, by
the end of the module students should be able to:
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demonstrate an understanding of the range and diversity
of sources available for local history at regional and
national government / record offices, websites and
relevant sites within the local environment;
be critical of the nature of the material being used;
reconstruct a particular aspect of a locality's historical
rationale for sites, through comparative analysis of a
complementary range of sources;
recognise the links between local, national and
international history.
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Content
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Learning and teaching
strategies
Fieldwork to identify and record relevant evidence relating
to a locality's present and past developments
Workshops to follow up fieldwork through the use of
maps, manuscript and printed sources, visual material,
e.g. photographs, plans etc
Document analysis or other appropriate record offices;
location and use of electronic repositories;
Interrogation and evaluation of databases for
demographic studies focussing on listings such as
Census Enumerators' Schedules;
Evaluation of a local study as a microcosm of national
and international concerns; consideration of the nature of
local history from recent experience.
Non-contact time will require students to study at East
Sussex Record Office and Planning Office to consolidate
the activities identified above
Contact Time:
 Lecture/discussion
 Workshops; fieldwork feedback; document analysis;
database interrogation
 Seminars
Non-contact Time:
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Fieldwork
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Document analysis at East Sussex Record Offices
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Web-based enquiry
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Background reading
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Discussion via studentcentral
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Preparation of assessment task
Learning support
Books:
Berry, S. (2005) Georgian Brighton, West Sussex: Phillimore
Brandon, P. (1998) The South Downs, West Sussex:
Phillimore
Brandon, P. (2003) The Kent & Sussex Weald, WestSussex:
Phillimore
Griffin, J. (1996) Using Local Sources: a teacher’s guide to
the National Curriculum Abingdon: Hodder & Stoughton
Educational
Hey, D. (ed) (1996) The Oxford Companion to Local and
Family History Oxford: OUP
Hoskins, W. G. (1984) Local History in England London:
Longman
Musgrave, C. (1970) Life in Brighton, London: Faber
Riden, P. (1987) Record Sources for Local History London:
Batsford
Seldon, A. (2002) Brave New City Brighton & Hove, Past,
present & Future, East Sussex: Pomegranate Press
Stephens, W. B. (1994) Sources for English Local History
Chichester: Phillimore
Tiller. K. (1992) English Local History An Introduction, Stroud:
Alan Sutton
Williams, M. (1996) Researching Local History, the human
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story London: Longman
Electronic Sources: (accessed July 2012)
Access to Archives: http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk
East Sussex Record Office:
https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/localan
dfamilyhistory/
National Archives: http://www.pro.gov.uk
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/history.shtml
Assessment task
Assessment will be in the context of the University of Brighton
Assessment Policy and the Faculty Code of Practice in
Assessment, and students will be required to complete the following
task:
Task (Weighting 100%)
All students will be expected to construct an interpretation of a local
historical theme of their choice relating to the particular environment
being studied. By means of a critical analysis of sources held at
appropriate Record or Planning Offices, site-based work and
interrogation of electronically held data, they will prepare written
accounts to show how they conducted their enquiry and reached
their conclusions.
Word count: 2,000 words
The task will be marked on a percentage basis.
Referral task: Rework original task
Assessment criteria
General criteria for assessment are framed by the SEEC descriptors
for level 5 Against specific criteria, credit will be awarded for:
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ability to identify and employ a variety of primary sources that
will inform the chosen investigation (LO1);
consideration of the bias within historical material (LO2);
rigorous cross-referencing of evidence, acting on new insights
gained when analysing historical sources, to present a
plausible interpretation of the chosen investigation (LO3);
ability to set enquiry into a national and international context
(LO4).
All learning outcomes must be achieved in order to pass the module
at the threshold level.
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KIS contact and assessment information
Allocation of study hours Activity
to activities
10 credits = 100 learning
hours
Note: the percentage figure
is for overall student
activity.
Example (10 credit/100
hour module)
Lecture: 10 hours (10%)
Seminar: 6 hours (6%)
Independent Study: 60
hours (60%)
Revision 14 hours (14%)
Assessment tasks
Type of assessment tasks
Summative assessment
tasks which lead to the
award of credit or which are
required for progression
(expressed as a % of the
overall assessment for the
module)
SCHEDULED
Indicative modes:
Lectures, seminars, tutorials,
project supervision,
demonstrations, practical
classes and workshops,
supervised time in workshop/
studio, fieldwork, external
visits, work-based learning
GUIDED INDEPENDENT
STUDY
Indicative modes:
Independent study including
wider reading/ practice,
follow-up work, completion of
assessment tasks, revision
etc
PLACEMENT
Learning away from the
University that is not a year
abroad or work-based
learning, but does include
School placements.
Activity
WRITTEN
Written exam
COURSEWORK
Written assignment/ essay,
report, dissertation, portfolio,
project output
PRACTICAL
Oral assessment and
presentation, practical skills
assessment
OTHER
Set exercises assessing
application of knowledge,
analytical, problem-solving or
evaluative skills
Study hours
Mode of Study
Hours
%
lectures
20
20%
seminars
4
4%
tutorials
3
3%
fieldwork
3
3%
70
70%
Mode of Study
independent study
including wider
reading/ practice
Further details
%
written assignment/ essay
100
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Brief description of
module content and/or
aims for publicity
Area examination board
This module aims to develop subject specialists understanding of
the role and methodology of the historian, within the context of
Brighton and the surrounding area.
Combined Area Examination Board
Module co-ordinator
Hilary Morris
Normal module duration
One semester (1)
Site where delivered
Falmer
Date of first approval
(month/year)
Date of last revision
(month year)
Date of approval of this
version (month/year)
Version number
September 2012
Replacement for previous
module
Route(s) for which
module is acceptable and
status in Route
Course(s) for which
module is acceptable and
status in course
EH202
School home
School of Education
External examiner(s)
Sue Anderson-Faithful
N/A
September 2012
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BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS: 3-7 and 5-11 routes:
History / Geography subject specialists
Compulsory
BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS: 3-7 and 5-11 routes:
History / Geography subject specialists
Compulsory