Module Identifier | TF32410 | |||||||||||
Module Title | RESEARCH METHODS | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2003/2004 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Professor Martin J Barker | |||||||||||
Semester | Semester 1 | |||||||||||
Other staff | Dr Glen Creeber, Dr Kevin J Donnelly | |||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | TF10220 , TF10420 | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 Hours | ||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 5 Hours | |||||||||||
Assessment |
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Understand the differences between research, and other ways of gaining information and understanding.
Recognise the different stages involved in effective research; formulating a question, grounding this in existing research, theories and frameworks, formulating methods, managing the research process, and evaluating findings.
Develop their own dissertation proposal in the light of these, and see how to use an appropriate method or methods to carry this out.
Locate and draw upon a wide range of resources for this purpose.
To develop student research skills to the point where they are prepared to conduct independent research in the development of an undergraduate research dissertation or research project;
To develop student skills at distinguishing between popular and scholarly source materials, using library, web, and other internet resources, using existing methodological frameworks, and textual analysis (of both printed and audio/visual texts);
To address the planning and execution of individual research projects.
This module is at CQFW Level 6