Expand+Autumn Trimester - September to December
MODE OF DELIVERY:Face-to-Face

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities 36
Autonomous Student Learning 50
Lectures 12
Small Group 12
Total 110

Approaches to Te...

Hide-Autumn Trimester - September to December
MODE OF DELIVERY:Face-to-Face

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities 36
Autonomous Student Learning 50
Lectures 12
Small Group 12
Total 110

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
As the learning objectives of seminars may be compromised by social distancing and the wearing of facemasks, all classes classes will take place online, and are scheduled according to the university timetable. Active participation in these classes is required. In addition to that, full engagement wilth material and tasks made accessible in Brightspace is expected every week.

The module combines traditional delivery of material through lectures with Enquiry-based learning (EBL). This method of teaching requires active participation and group work on the part of students.

The aims of teaching this module partly through EBL are:

• To stress the manner in which many academic activities at university require an active involvement from students in gathering information and in evaluating it critically;

• To encourage students to critically engage with the module content;

• To foment collaboration, intellectual exchange and group work from the start of a student’s university career, and so prepare them for professional life afterwards;

• To teach Beginners and Non-Beginners of Spanish together so that they draw upon their particular strengths to reach an awareness of the value of peer teaching and support from the beginning of their university studies.

Expand+SPAN10130 Hispanic Cultures & Societies
Academic Year 2022/2023

This module introduces students to the study of Spanish and Latin American society and culture through enquiry-based learning, a student-centred approach that focuses on the developm...

Hide-SPAN10130 Hispanic Cultures & Societies
Academic Year 2022/2023

This module introduces students to the study of Spanish and Latin American society and culture through enquiry-based learning, a student-centred approach that focuses on the development of independent critical thinking, research skills, and presentation skills (oral and written) in both individual and group work. It is intended as a foundation module for programme students of Spanish, but may also be of interest to students of other disciplines. No previous knowledge of Spanish language is required although such knowledge will allow students to use resources (written and audiovisual) in Spanish if they wish.

Students will be required to work on weekly group tasks relating to Spanish and Latin American society and culture, formulating creative responses to those tasks using a range of resources, including the guidance of the tutors.

Learning Outcomes:
The module’s focus on the development of both transferrable skills and subject-specific knowledge is strategically aligned to the core UCD Graduate Attributes: academic excellence, intellectual flexibility, cultural literacy, and global engagement.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

- locate and handle primary and secondary material required for the successful completion of a given task.

- summarise material effectively and synthesise arguments to make clear points.

- work in teams, share work fairly and meet the obligations set by the group.

- reflect on appropriate learning strategies and use such reflection to improve their own self-directed and autonomous learning skills.

- demonstrate familiarity with a range of social, political and cultural aspects of Spanish and Latin American societies from the twentieth century to today.

- recognize to what extent Spanish and Latin American societies are still responding to historical experiences.

- empathise with and appreciate a variety of viewpoints regarding the challenges these societies have faced over the past decades.

Indicative Module Content:
This is for information purposes only and is provisional and subject to change.

Indicative Lecture Schedule
Week 1: No class for first year students
Week 2: Introduction to the module and ‘las dos Españas’
Week 3: Spain Under Franco: ¡Una, Grande y Libre!
Week 4: 1977’s Ley de amnistía and Spain’s Memory Debates
Week 5 “Franco is Dead”: Popular Subcultures and the Transition to Democracy
Week 6 Reading Week (Submission of individual project 45%)
Week 7: Mexican Society and Culture
Week 8: Chicano Art and Activism
Week 9: Chilean Society and Culture
Week 10 Cuban Society and Culture
Week 11 Preparation of group projects
Week 12 No class (Submission of group project 40%)