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Postgraduate Course: Dissertation MSc Education: Language, theory, practice and literacy (REDU11059)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits50 ECTS Credits25
SummaryThe Dissertation is a major study demanding of the course member a high level of individual application and commitment to research and enquiry. It provides the course member with the opportunity to identify, reflect on and explore a topic that has implications for his/her own professional development. The Dissertation will involve a critical interrogation of the relationship between professional practice, academic theory and the design, ethics and interpretation of research.
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-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify and reflect critically on relevant current literature, research reports and other scholarly evidence with specific reference to the research process used.
2. Collect and analyse evidence, justifying the approaches and techniques used, identify the implications of these decisions in terms of the status of the evidence and the findings based on it.
3. Examine critically the contribution and limitations of tehstudy undertaken in theoretical and applied terms with regards to the practice and roles of relevant professionals.

4. Demonstrate that the study complies with relevant ethical guidelines.
5. Present work observing appropriate academic conventions for academic writing.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsapplication enquiry reflection professional development
Contacts
Course organiserMr Richard Easton
Tel: (0131 6)51 6424
Email: Richard.Easton@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Moira Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 6206
Email: Moira.G.Ross@ed.ac.uk
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