Module Identifier | TFM3130 | ||||||||||||||
Module Title | CHILDREN AND THE MEDIA | ||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | ||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Merris Griffiths | ||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 x 2 hour (Weekly) Lecture-Workshops | |||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 5 x 1 hour (Fortnightly) Tutorials | ||||||||||||||
Workload Breakdown | It is recommended that the 300 notional hours for this 30-credit module be distributed over the following activities: Contact hours 25 hours Regular background reading 50 hours Preparing for tutorials 50 hours Work for assignments 175 hours | ||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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Seminar style discussions will clarify or further illustrate points raised in the lectures and students will be expected to read and prepare in advance of every session, to facilitate quality/informed debate and emphasize the complexity of many of the issues in this field.
Problem solving | * Problem identification and analysis, particularly when exploring related research and studies. * Ability to rationalise, utilise and apply different interdisciplinary approaches and materials to understand problematic data and research designs. * Ability to evaluate the success of different strategies used within related research/sources. | ||
Research skills | * Students will be able to develop their skills of information location and retrieval. * Students will be given opportunities to develop effective note-taking skills. * Students will develop the ability to analyse, interpret, evaluate and integrate knowledge and understanding gained from a variety of sources whilst making links to accomodate new ideas. * Students will design their own small-scale research project. | ||
Communication | * Students' written communication skills will be developed (e.g. appropriate language and style, accuracy, precision and ability to be concise). * Opportunities will be given through interactive lecture-workshop sessions for students to develop confidence in using their speaking and listening skills when communicating their ideas. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | * Students will be able to develop their skills of information location and retrieval. * Students will be given opportunities to develop effective note-taking skills. * Students will develop the ability to analyse, interpret , evaluate and integrate knowledge and understanding gained from a variety of sources whilst making links to accomodate new ideas. * Through group and whole class discussion students will be given opportunities to develop an awareness of the opinions of others and reconsider initial ideas if necessary. | ||
Team work | * Most sessions will involve group work where students will be able to collaborate through discussion. * Group-work/collaboration will empower the student to utilise their skills in co-operation, leadership, use of initiative and peer scaffolding which in turn will enhance the students' ability to work individually. | ||
Information Technology | * Students will be given opportunity to develop their authorial and note-taking skills when planning and preparing for a written assignment, and will be encouraged to develop their note-taking skills in lectures. * Students will be given opportunities to develop their skills using electronic search and retrieval of sources both on the web and on the UWS LIS. * Students will develop their skills when referencing from the web and related sources, whilst the ability to evaluate (not describe) and ability to be selective in using these materials are also essential key skills. * E-mail and Blackboard will be the main forms of communication and information-sharing in this module, so students will be encouraged to actively engage in these processes. | ||
Application of Number | * Students will be given the opportunity to handle, generate and reflect upon basic statistical data (primarily presented in percentages), through encountering key research studies in the field. | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | * Students will be given the opportunity to evaluate current knowledge and skills and set for self-improvement. * Students will be encouraged to take increasing responsibility for managing their own learning. * Students will be encouraged to build upon the knowledge gained from lectures through developing skills in self study (supported by the general and specific reading lists and other resources distributed throughout the module). | ||
Subject Specific Skills | * Students will be encouraged to apply their knowledge of children and the media to their own small scale research investigation of the 'child audience', with particular emphasis on the development of specialist methodologies and an understanding of ethics. |
This module is at CQFW Level 7