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Project 1 |
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EDU1072 (ITS: ES3240) |
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Faculty |
Policy & Professional Practice |
School |
DCU Institute of Education |
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
5 |
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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
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3. 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.
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| Lecture | 24 | No Description | | Group work | 12 | No Description | | Independent Study | 24 | No Description | | Independent Study | 50 | No Description | | Tutorial | 12 | No Description | | Online activity | 3 | No Description |
| Total Workload: 125 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 10538 | Part of Term | Semester 1 | | Coursework | 0% | Examination Weight | 0% | | Grade Scale | 40PASS | Pass Both Elements | Y | | Resit Category | RC1 | Best Mark | N | | Module Co-ordinator | Jane O'Kelly | Module Teacher | John Lalor, Justin Rami, Peter Tiernan, Trudy Corrigan |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
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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;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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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
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
- 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
Articles:
None |
Other Resources
- Youtube: Writing your research proposal, www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyoU4BwTHmo
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