Design & Technology Education MDTechEd
Professional Practice: Dissertation EDUC5378P
- Academic Session: 2024-25
- School: School of Education
- Credits: 60
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Full Year
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
Short Description
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.
Timetable
Not known
Excluded Courses
N/A
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
Dissertation
Main Assessment In: August
Course Aims
■ 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
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
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
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
See generic regulations in the University Calendar