Local History QQI L5

Participant Profile:
The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to conduct in-depth historical research and analysis in local history, using a range of primary and secondary historical sources NOTE This is a classroom based course. NOTE: Skills to Advance funding is available for eligible applicants in employment to up skill. Contact mulgravesta@lcetb.ie for more information.

Programme Description:
• Explain the term history and the role of the historian • Outline the place and contribution of local historical studies in the overall historical context including political, economic, gender, cultural and social perspectives • Document a chronologically organised account of important historical events in Ireland’s past • Distinguish between primary and secondary historical sources • Access manifestations of primary sources including census returns, photographs, oral histories, video and/or film footage, newspapers, letters, diaries and printed documents • Source relevant secondary sources, including scholarly, standard and published academic material in journals and periodicals to supplement and provide a context for primary research • Explain the issues of plagiarism and copyright •Identify organisations, institutions, libraries and archives and the nature of material they house which might be of value in research • Express ideas coherently and in a clear and organised manner • Apply academic and popular conventions in the presentation of historical material and research • Document and acknowledge all relevant sources consulted, to include footnotes, end notes, bibliography • Demonstrate the critical awareness of the historian • Show objectivity and reason in developing and presenting themes and ideas • Implement best practice and standards in sourcing, identifying, evaluating and using primary and secondary historical data • Reflect on contemporary Irish society and culture with reference to the past events of own research and the overall historical context • Evaluate project work considering research, filing and cataloguing data, time management, locating and synthesising source material and meeting deadlines