| Module Title |
Project 1 |
| Module Code |
ES3140 |
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School |
78 |
| Module Co-ordinator | Semester 1: Jane O'Kelly
Semester 2: Jane O'Kelly
Autumn: Jane O'Kelly
| | | Module Teachers | Jane O'Kelly
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
5 |
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Pre-requisite |
None |
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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None
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Description
This module aims to provide students with the theoretical knowledge and skills of understanding and conducting a comprehensive literature review. It enables students to critically reflect,evaluate and synthesise from a variety of sources in academic literature. This provides students with literature review skills that are academic, rigorous and valid in an education and/or training context.
In addition students are required to research and present a detailed project proposal and a rationale for the proposed methodology.
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Learning Outcomes
1. Conduct a comprehensive Literature Review within one or more of the following themes in education and/ or training - equality, access, inclusion, values, identity, intercultural learning, technology-enabled learning
2. Search, select and identify suitable sources of literature (policy documents/journals/books) within the research theme under investigation.
3. Analyse and evaluate relevant literature to student's area of professional development in the future.
4. Record, organise and classify literature resources
5. Critically reflect and synthesise material from a broad context of sources in the literature review.
6. Demonstrate the ability to write a literature review using a broad variety of literature and policy documents as part of a literature review chapter for a research project.
7. Consider the arguments and critique the debate within academic literature/theory and relate this to current practice in an education and or training context.
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| Workload |
Full-time hours per semester |
| Type |
Hours |
Description |
| Lecture | 24 | No Description | | Group work | 24 | No Description | | Independent Study | 48 | No Description | | Independent Study | 100 | No Description | | Online activity | 24 | No Description | | Online activity | 30 | No Description | | Total Workload: 250 |
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Theme 1Overview on how to conduct a Literature ReviewTheme 2Creating an Audit Trail of Literature Review sourcesTheme 3Comparing and Contrasting Literature Review sourcesTheme 4Identifying gaps in research/ literatureTheme 5Critical Writing and critical review of literature sourcesTheme 6Connecting Literature Review to overall Research processTheme 7Develop a Project Proposal |
| Assessment Breakdown | | Continuous Assessment | 100% | Examination Weight | 0% |
| Course Work Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Assignment | Part 1: Section A: Present a short Research Proposal outlining the research that you will pursue in Semester 2, including the research question, the rationale for the research, the proposed research methodology that you will use and an outline of the research context. It would be useful also to include a section on how you think this research will benefit you as a researcher. (Word count: 1000 words) Section B: Outline the purposes and benefits of a Literature Review as part of an academic research project or dissertation. Please refer to the readings on Literature that you have received at the beginning of the module.
(Word count: 1000 words). | 40% | Week 9 | | Assignment | Part 2: Complete a Literature Review related to the specific research interest that you have identified in your Research Proposal. This should include a comprehensive review of the literature in this research field, a detailed account as to why you have chosen to focus on specific aspects of literature and how these will support and scaffold the actual research, a critique of the literature outlining your own views on the concepts expressed in the literature and a discussion as to how the literature has identified gaps in the research field that your work might address.(Word count: 3000 words ) | 60% | Week 9 |
| Reassessment Requirement Type |
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component |
| This module is category 1 |
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Indicative Reading List
- Zina O'Leary,: 0, The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project, 978-1-84860-010-2
- Judith Bell: 2010, Doing your research project, Open University Press / McGraw Hill, Maidenhead, 978-0335235827
- Gina Wisker: 2009, The undergraduate research handbook, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 978-0230520974
- Uwe Flick,: 0, An Introduction to Qualitative Research, 978-1-84787-323-1
- Jennifer Mason: 0, Qualitative researching, 0 7619 7428 8
- David Silverman: 0, Doing qualitative research, 1412901979
- Chris Hart: 1998, Doing a literature review, SAGE, London, 0 7619 5974 2
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Other Resources
11002, Youtube, Writing your research proposal, 0, www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyoU4BwTHmo, |
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