In the final phase of the programme participants will undertake a dissertation based on an issue identified in the previous course Professional Enquiry and Decision-Making which aims to inform and appropriately disseminate strategies for change/improvement in the selected setting.

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Dissertation

■ To enable participants to express a critical, thorough and reflective analysis of the role of various forms of research in relation to school improvement

■ To provide participants with a critical understanding of the processes of investigation to bring about change/improvement

■ To critically review, consolidate and extend knowledge or skills or thinking in the discipline

■ To justify approaches ethically using professional codes of conduct

■ To communicate successfully to a range of educational audiences

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Demonstrate understanding of a range of investigative skills examining learning in schools or other relevant educational contexts

■ Identify, from a critical review of literature, or other appropriate context, an issue of strategic importance in their field

■ Evaluate analysis critically, professionally and ethically

■ Engage ethically with research material

■ Critically appraise appropriate dissemination strategies

See generic regulations in the University Calendar