KE6026 - Housing, Space and Society

You will learn through lectures, seminars, workshops, guest speakers and local field study visits. Your directed and independent study will be facilitated through your engagement with a range of supporting learning materials, guided by the e-reading list. This will enable you to consolidate your knowledge and understanding.

Lectures will be used to introduce you to and develop key theories, concepts and policies. This learning will be further developed through your involvement in discussions in seminars and workshops. Field study visits and guest speakers will then allow you to engage in the application of your learning to the real world.

Timely formative feedback, from tutors and peers, throughout your interactions with the learning process will strengthen your understanding in preparation for the completion of the assessment.

Academic support for your learning will take place both within the formal teaching environment and outside of it. Within the scheduled teaching tutor and peer feedback will occur during discussions in the interactive, question driven lectures and workshops. This exposure to discussion and debates around the key concepts will develop and test your understanding. This understanding will then be applied to the assessment..

The scheduled study visits allow you to apply your understanding to local residential areas further testing your understanding within the context of application to the real world.

The eLP provides you with immediate access to learning materials, links and signposts to additional materials and opportunities for you to post questions to your tutors and peers.

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)

Knowledge & Understanding:
• MLO1: You will critically discuss the different theories and interpretations of housing phenomena.
• MLO2: You will critically evaluate the role of housing and the housing system in the creation of the residential built environment.
• MLO3: You will critically analyse the relationship between housing and residential, spatial outcomes for different groups.

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
• MLO4: You will critically apply relevant theories and concepts.

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
• MLO5: You will demonstrate independent evidence based thinking.

Formative feedback: interactive workshops, visits and guest speakers will provide opportunities to test your learning. Through debate and discussion there will be opportunities for formative feedback from peers and tutors allowing you to reflect on your knowledge and understanding prior to the summative assessment.

Summative assessment: This module has one assessment.

The assessment (accounting for 100% of the module mark) is a take-home exam paper; students will be required to select questions from two sections, testing across the module outcomes.

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The module aims to enable students to develop a wide ranging view of housing issues of relevance to contemporary society. You will explore the different influences that have shaped the housing systems and local residential environments, before going on to consider housing outcomes and policies in relation to current issues. Learning is delivered through lectures, workshops, visits and guest speakers, facilitating the application of theoretical and contextual understanding to real world application. Assessment is by a take away exam paper, supported by programme and module specific approaches to research rich learning. As well as learning about housing as a real world issue, and an area of policy and professional practice, the learning and assessment strategies will assist in developing skills of self-management and the ability to think independently and communicate effectively – supporting your transition into employment.