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ED3FDD: Dissertation in Children's Development and Learning
Module code: ED3FDD
Module provider: Institute of Education
Credits: 40
Level: Level 3 (Honours)
When you'll be taught: Semester 1 / 2
Module convenor: Professor Carol Fuller, email: C.L.Fuller@reading.ac.uk
Pre-requisite module(s):
Co-requisite module(s):
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):
Module(s) excluded:
Placement information: NA
Academic year: 2024/5
Available to visiting students: No
Talis reading list: Yes
Last updated: 17 June 2024
Overview
Module aims and purpose
This module aims to engage students in educational research, through professional enquiry in a聽systematic, rigorous, critical and self-analytical manner and to provide a vehicle for development聽in the context of institutional and professional improvement.
This module will support students to:
- Develop in depth knowledge of a particular aspect of development or learning.
- Critically evaluate aspects of practice and current research from a variety of sources.
- Identify and develop appropriate skills of analytical enquiry.
- Carry out an appropriate research project.
- Examine and reflect on the impact of research on practice.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:
- Critically evaluate literature in terms of the quality of argument and evidence versus opinion
- Design, manage and conduct research to acquire current, coherent data/information
- Apply the conventions of academic writing to devise and sustain a relevant, systematic
- argument
- Critically analyse and evaluate the results of the research
- Reflect and discuss the research processes and the results of the study
Module content
Students will be introduced to the module in semester one with the module being taught over聽semester one and two. There will be initial inputs in semester one to the module expectations and the聽required tasks relating to the assessments e.g. submission of project proposal, gaining ethical approval.
Learning opportunities will focus on research methods and will include:
- Research-proposal workshops
- Reviewing literature
- Ethical approval workshop
- Methodology: interviews, focus groups and聽questionnaires
- Making sense of qualitative data
- Making sense of qualitative data
- Method of the analysis of data
- Practical session with quantitative data
- Structuring and polishing your dissertation
Structure
Teaching and learning methods
Online materials will support a combination of lectures, seminars, group discussions, case studies and independent research. Complementary work-based tasks, independent activities and directed tasks will contribute to the achievement of the intended learning outcomes.
Study hours
At least 45 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.
聽Scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Lectures | 10 | 20 | |
Seminars | |||
Tutorials | 4 | 8 | |
Project Supervision | |||
Demonstrations | |||
Practical classes and workshops | |||
Supervised time in studio / workshop | |||
Scheduled revision sessions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Fieldwork | |||
External visits | |||
Work-based learning | 40 | 40 | |
聽Self-scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Directed viewing of video materials/screencasts | |||
Participation in discussion boards/other discussions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Other | |||
Other (details) | |||
聽Placement and study abroad | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Placement | |||
Study abroad | |||
聽Independent study hours | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Independent study hours | 100 | 178 |
Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.
Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.
Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.
Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.
Assessment
Requirements for a pass
Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.
Summative assessment
Type of assessment | Detail of assessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of assessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Capstone project | Dissertation | 70 | 8,000 words | Semester 2, Teaching Week 11 | Students will plan and undertake a research project in their workplace. |
Oral assessment | Recorded oral presentation | 30 | 10 minutes | Semester 1, Teaching Week 10 | Students will be required to develop a narrated PowerPoint presentation of their Literature Review, Research Design, Research Questions and present this as a presentation. |
Penalties for late submission of summative assessment
The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:
Assessments with numerical marks
- where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
- the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
- where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.
Assessments marked Pass/Fail
- where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.
The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: /cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.
Formative assessment
Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.
- A research proposal
- Completed ethics forms
- Literature review
Reassessment
Type of reassessment | Detail of reassessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of reassessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Capstone project | Dissertation | 70 | 8,000 words | Summer Vacation Week 4 | Students will plan and undertake a research project in their workplace. |
Oral reassessment | Recorded oral presentation | 30 | 10 minutes | Summer Vacation Week 3 | Students will be required to develop a narrated PowerPoint presentation of their Literature Review, Research Design, Research Questions and present this as a presentation. |
Additional costs
Item | Additional information | Cost |
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Computers and devices with a particular specification | Laptop required for coursework and assessment | |
Printing and binding | ||
Required textbooks | As per the Talis reading list | |
Specialist clothing, footwear, or headgear | ||
Specialist equipment or materials | ||
Travel, accommodation, and subsistence |
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.