Problem_solving |
This element is developed through students' questioning how (i.e what are the appropriate methodologies) to access the kinds of research questions their chosen topic favours. By problematizing the perception of what constitutes 'good research', the students will have to think differently about their dissertations, and how they are going to achieve this. |
Research skills |
This element is developed in two ways: one, through students' own investigations into what existing materials are available to them and their application for their own research; and two,through a particular focus on preparation for doing their own dissertations. |
Communication |
Students will be expected to contribute to in-class discussions and relate their own research progress orally in seminar gropus, but in addition they will be expected to present their own dissertation topics in the form of an oral presentation/lecture in the second semester. |
Improving own Learning and Performance |
Throughout the module, there will be opoints when students willl bge asked to think reflecively on their own readings/viewings, as well as how their own research is progressing. |
Team work |
Although there is no group work independently assessed, it is hoped that in seminars students will work together as a group in order to make the best possible use of these sessions. Particularly, the seminar discussuions following the students' own presentations are intended to be for critical, but supportive, feedback. To aid group activity, the module co-ordinator also encourages students to utilise the blackboard environment, specifically the message board, to discuss issues beyond the lectures or seminars. |
Information Technology |
Students will be expected to make use of the web fpr their own research. increasingly students are expected to be aware, and more imortantly critically aware of the unlimited resources available to them on the internet. |