The course will assist
students to show evidence of their ability to engage in independent
study by fulfilling the following criteria:
Grounding in current research
- the ability to:
• make
precise links with existing known studies or other relevant literature
• critically
summarise key debates in the chosen field
Methodological issues - the
ability to:
• identify
an area worthy of investigation
• analyse
the problems arising from the issue
• offer a
critical commentary on the chosen methodology
• the
ability to offer a critical commentary on their role as practitioner-
researcher or on other appropriate research roles
• discuss
the origins of the issue;
• the
ability to justify the strategies and techniques employed
Analysis - the ability to:
• find ways
of teasing out findings
• show an
understanding of the differing viewpoints of those involved
• analyse
evidence from different sources and relate it to the findings
• consider
alternative interpretations of events and evidence
• develop
new analyses and insights from documentary sources (particularly in
library research)
Discussion and implications -
the ability to:
•
demonstrate how changes necessitated by the findings might be presented
to interested audiences particularly in practitioner research
• synthesise
from the evidence and speculate upon the implications of the findings.
Presentation
• in
addition students will be expected to present and submit dissertations
in accordance with accepted conventions of academic writing and in
accordance with the requirements set out in the University's published
Dissertation Guidelines
• the
Dissertation must be of publishable quality in terms of written accuracy
