Postgraduate Course: Research Training (Dissertation Students) (REDU11005)
Course Outline
School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 0 |
ECTS Credits | 0 |
Summary | This training is designed to provide course members with the knowledge and skills necessary for undertaking a dissertation/extended study at postgraduate level. It will offer an overview of the concepts and techniques which underpin research and provide students with an opportunity to practice certain research skills. The module is assessed by producing a proposal for the student's dissertation including a literature review, a strategy for data collection and a timetable. This module constitutes the research methods element of the dissertation for students enrolled on a programme which has recently been reviewed. |
Course description |
Not entered
|
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
|
Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
Course members should demonstrate:
-the ability to identify a professionally relevant research question from a broader area of enquiry and to develop a plan which will enable the research to be implemented;
-the ability to use computer-based and other sources of bibliographic data and to evaluate critically the literature accessed;
-awareness of the range of investigation techniques used in research, of the values and assumptions underlying each technique and of the limitations of the evidence produced;
-critical engagement with the relationships between theory, evidence, policy and practice;
-an appreciation of the principles of ethics in research and how these principles apply to specified contexts;
-knowledge of the key aspects of research proposals and reports and of the nature of scientific writing.
|
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Rory Ewins
Tel: (0131 6)51 4789
Email: r.ewins@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Yvonne Cairney
Tel: (0131 6)51 4241
Email: yvonne.cairney@ed.ac.uk |
|
|