Gwybodaeth am Fodiwlau
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Logbook 2500 Words | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Policy Report 2500 Words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Logbook 2500 Words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Policy Report 2500 Words | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate advanced understanding of strategies for negotiation and conflict resolution
Critically evaluate policymaking decisions at the strategic and tactical level.
Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the historical and contemporary dynamics of Israeli-Palestinian relations
Confidently identify and discuss the regional and international dimensions of Israeli-Palestinian peace-making
Demonstrate an informed understanding of core policy issues in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations
Brief description
This module uses the Matrix Game system to explore issues in international politics within a sustained political roleplay environment. The simulation focuses on the challenges of Middle Eastern peace-making and the dynamics of Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolution. Students will themselves be responsible for agenda-setting and identifying key issues for discussion and negotiation, but major themes will include areas of focus such as: recognition and trust-building; territory and borders; the problem of Jerusalem; governance and sovereignty; violence and security; settlements and refugees; resources, development and sustainability; and regional security, normalization and the role of international actors and organisations.
Content
The module will consist of 10 x 2-hour seminar sessions. Key issues for discussion and negotiation will include such areas as: recognition and trust-building; territory and borders; the problem of Jerusalem; governance and sovereignty; terrorism, violence and security; settlements and refugees; resources, development and sustainability; and regional security, normalization and the role of international actors and organisations.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinating with others | The module seminars are based on collaborative excercises, communixation, negotiation and teamwork. Students will be required to present and discuss as a group the core issues related to seminar topics, case studies and problems. These debates and discussions are intrinsic to module delivery and a vital component of the module learning experience. |
| Creative Problem Solving | The module is conceptually founded on individual and collaboarative approach to problem solving in specific relation to subject-specific issues of conflict resolution and peace-building. Students will be encouraged to identify creative approaches to problems caused by divergent viewpoints, contentious and emotive issues, practical and theoretical obstacles and models, and analogical reasoning. |
| Digital capability | Students will be expected to submit their work electronically. Also, students will be encouraged to search for sources of information, images and narratives on the web. Students will also be expected to make use of the resources that will be available on Blackboard and through Aspire. |
| Professional communication | Students will learn how to present their ideas both verbally and in writing and how to present their arguments most effectively. They will understand the importance of information and clear communication and how to exploit these. They will know how to use the many sources of information available and how to use the most appropriate form of communication to best advantage. They will learn to be clear in their writing and speaking and to be direct about aims and objectives. They will learn to cons |
| Real world sense | The discussions in particular will help to develop students’ personal development and employability skills through verbal presentation and team-work. Learning about the process of researching and compiling a policy report, framing the parameters of projects, honing and developing the projects and seeing them through to completion will contribute towards students’ portfolio of transferable skills. The ability of students to solve problems will be developed and assessed. |
| Reflection | The module aims to promote self-management but within a context in which support and assistance is available from both the convener and fellow students alike. Students will be expected to improve their own learning and performance by undertaking their own research, exercising their own initiative (including searching for sources, compiling reading lists, and deciding (under guidance) the direction of their Report topic). The Logbook requires students to reflect on their performance and learning. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Students have the opportunity to develop, practice and test a wide range of subject specific skills that help them to understand, conceptualise and evaluate examples and ideas on the module. These subject specific skills include: • Collect and understand a wide range of material relating to the module • Ability to evaluate competing perspectives • Demonstrate subject specific research techniques • Apply a range of methodologies to complex historical and political questions. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7