Cynlluniau Astudio

May 2013

the programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, skills, qualities and other attributes in the following areas:

• A1 Knowledge and understanding of human societies in the past through the study of a range of historical periods and themes in more than one country, and in different cultural contexts 

• A2 The ability to frame historical questions, and to search for and locate appropriate secondary and primary evidence in diverse forms, including the electronic. 

• A3 The ability to read and use, critically and empathetically, a range of secondary texts and primary sources 

• A4 The appreciation of the complexity and diversity of situations, events and ways of thinking in the past.  

• A5 The understanding of the difficulties inherent in historical interpretation, and the means whereby historians deal with ambiguity, incomplete evidence and differences of viewpoints 

• A6 The appreciation of the basic critical skills of the historian in establishing and using rules of evidence and testing the validity of statements by developing a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to produce and interpret historical knowledge 

• A7 Intellectual independence in the setting and solving of problems, the acquisition of bibliographical skills, the ability to gather, sift, select, organise and synthesise historical evidence, and the ability to formulate appropriate questions and to provide answers to them using valid and relevant evidence and argument. 

• A8 Reflexive and critical awareness of the forces of historical change and the ways in which they are explained in historiographical debates 

• A9 The marshalling of lucid and coherent arguments in written and oral forms. 

• A10 The ability to listen and to respond to the arguments of others. 

• A11 The understanding of the social value of History, and the fostering of a life-long enjoyment of History as a subject. 

• B1 engage with the complexity and diversity of the subject

• B2 reason critically

• B3 apply historical methods and concepts

• B4 demonstrate independence of mind

• B5 communicate knowledge and ideas to others, in written and spoken form

• C1 search out, sift, assimilate and deploy bodies of historical evidence from a variety of sources

• C2 demonstrate self-discipline in time-management and an ability to work both independently and collaboratively

• C3 read secondary sources critically

• C4 analyse primary sources in complex ways, including an ability to establish their provenance, analyse their content and language, and cross-reference them with other primary and secondary sources

• D1 demonstrate initiative, self-direction and self-motivation

• D2 demonstrate flexibility and independence of mind

• D3 demonstrate effective presentation and communication skills, orally and in writing

• D4 manage time and work to deadlines

• D5 search for and locate information in a wide variety of sources

• D6 contextualise, evaluate and cross-reference diverse forms of (often incomplete) information

• D7 work constructively in groups, and to assess the value and relevance of the ideas and arguments of others.