HI7001 - Historical Contexts

As an on-site student, you will learn through seminars, directed by an academic tutor, but students will also be expected to use the sessions to consider how their individual research topics relate to broader historiographical turns. Each session is led by a subject specialist, who will introduce and contextualise a historiographical problem that will be the focus for weekly intellectual exchange. Seminars will promote group work and further discussion of the major themes under review.

If you are studying the module by distance learning, you will learn by reading and contributing to the weekly discussion boards and activities. You will be expected to prepare by undertaking selected reading relating to the weekly theme, and online discussions will enable you to build on the independent reading you have done beforehand. As the module progresses you will also complete a series of e-tivities, which will complement your learning and understanding of the module themes. You will receive feedback that will encourage and facilitate your learning: this will occur both informally (via the discussion board and other conversations with tutors) and through written comments on the assignments.

All learning materials, tasks and readings will be posted on the eLearning Portal (Blackboard) and online reading list to enable participation within the seminar programme. You will participate in formative assessment activities and receive feedback, and will be responsible for your own guided and independent learning. Summative assessment will complete the learning against the learning outcomes for the module.

Your academic development will be supported through engagement with your peers, academic tutors, and programme leaders. Academic support is provided through group/individual tutorials which allow specific issues to be addressed and to promote progress in academic development. The module tutor will be accessible within publicised feedback and consultation hours, and via email. Your peers will provide you will a collaborative learning environment, and your programme leader will guide you through the requirements and expectations of your course. You will also be supported through individual engagement with the academic literature and resources available on the eLearning Portal. Formative feedback will be on-going throughout seminar activities and through assessment tasks.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

1. Demonstrate critical understanding of the way in which scholars interpret key issues and historical method.
2. Demonstrate a knowledgeable and considered understanding of the intellectual discipline of history and how it has changed over time.

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
3. Exhibit the ability to engage with historical theories and methodologies to deepen your understanding of your chosen field of enquiry.
4. Apply knowledge and communicate your informed opinions about the evolution of historiography to challenge historical claims and arguments.

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
5. Demonstrate an awareness of historical and contemporary relationships and how these relations shape our perceptions.

There are three assessments:
• Presentation (15%) MLOs 1, 2, 4,
• 2,000 word critical review (25%) MLOs 1, 2, 4
• 4,000 word essay on historiography (60%) MLOs 1-5

The assessments are designed to both reflect the module content and to be directly relevant to the chosen field of enquiry you are taking, and will provide an intellectual framework for the dissertation taken in semesters 2 and 3.

You will have the opportunity to present your work in the seminars or discussion boards and other activities and will receive formative feedback from your lecturer in discussions, debates, and tutorial sessions. Opportunities for formative work and feedback is provided through eTivities for distance-learners and seminars for on-site students.

Formative assessment through your lecturer will be written and verbal, and you will also receive feedback through engagement with your peers who will enable you to test your explanations about the nature of historiography and historical method.

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Please find details of this module in the other sections provided.