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Core Skills (Communication) and the Science curriculum

Core Skills (Communication) and the Science curriculum. Mark Hetherington Senior Lecturer, Communication and English Stevenson College, Edinburgh, Scotland. Structure. SUSSOL as a vehicle to deliver communications skills What are Core Skills? Communication for Science students

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Core Skills (Communication) and the Science curriculum

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  1. Core Skills (Communication) and the Science curriculum Mark Hetherington Senior Lecturer, Communication and English Stevenson College, Edinburgh, Scotland

  2. Structure • SUSSOL as a vehicle to deliver communications skills • What are Core Skills? • Communication for Science students • A collegiate approach • Examples • Q and A

  3. SUSSOL as a vehicle to deliver communications skills • Researching written information from a variety of sources • Putting a proposal / summary together • Report writing • Presentation skills • Discussions skills • All applied to issue of Sustainable Solutions

  4. What are core skills? • ‘Core Skills’ are a group of five skills that are key to learning and working in today's world. • The five Core Skills are: Communication, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology(ICT),Problem Solving and Working with Others

  5. Communication for Science students • We teach and assess students on the following areas: reading, writing, speaking and listening • Communication skills underpin almost all personal, social, learning, and working activity. • They are essential in clarifying student’s thoughts, in interacting with others, in expressing thoughts, in conveying information, feeling and opinions

  6. Reading • Reading – relevant magazine or newspaper articles where the students are taught how to summarise, analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of a text • Subject matter – science based • New Scientist magazine articles

  7. Writing, Speaking and Listening • Integrated pieces of work in line with the Science curriculum. • Our role is to assist with structure, formality, tone, referencing, suitable for purpose.

  8. A collegiate approach • Working with the students • Working with the Science lecturers • Working with the Head Librarian • Working as a team

  9. Examples • In your pack you have the following: • Examples of some of the reading pieces the students analyse and discuss • Some exemplar work from students • A copy of the research slides put together working with the Head Librarian at SCE

  10. Any questions?

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