Student Effort Hours:
Specified Learning Activities |
62 |
Autonomous Student Learning |
110 |
Lectures |
0 |
Seminar (or Webinar) |
16 |
Field Trip/External Visits |
12 |
Total |
200 |
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Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Participants of this module will will have the opportunity to explore the island and to meet and engage with scientists and reserve management in Week 2, Week 10, and on two mornings during the March fieldwork period. They will engage with both creative and critical texts and will learn to position their writing within nature and environmental writing traditions. They will consider aspects of craft such as image, symbolism, character and voice through the lens of environmental writing. They will explore problems and ask questions that matter in the context of the current crisis, including the who’s, what’s, why’s, when’s and how’s of activism. And they will respond through stories, essays and poems.
Teaching strategies include lectures/talks, walkshops, discussion and writing. Peer- and tutor-led feedback will be delivered throughout the semester. Tutor feedback will be available post-assessment. There will also be an opportunity for individual consultations. These will take place during office hours, in Week 11, or by appointment.
As some of the course will take place on the island, often outdoors, in a variety of weather conditions, participants are advised to dress in weather-appropriate clothing and footwear.
Bull Island can be reached from the city centre via the 130 bus or the DART (to Clontarf Road, 3.2 km from the island). The island can be accessed on foot or bike. There is a free beach wheelchair service on Dollymount Strand which gives enhanced access to the beach for those who have mobility restrictions, details at this link https://www.dublincity.ie/residential/parks/dublin-city-parks/visit-park/north-bull-island