Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58
This on-line course offers the opportunity for teachers and others in alternative professional settings to attain the skills and understandings required to conduct action-based research within their own professional contexts. Participants will identify a research topic and prepare a proposal, supported by a line-manager, which will then form the basis of the course. A number of virtual face-to-face sessions will be conducted at intervals throughout the module giving participants the opportunity to interact with other members in whole group and small group settings. Assessment will include a poster presentation and a 5,000 word submission in a journal article format.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course provides the opportunity for participants to acquire and practice skills associated with the planning and implementation of an action research project within the participant’s work-base or related area. Through:  Exploring the relationships between policy, practice and research;  Reducing the gap between theory and practice and cutting the theory and practice divide  Examining professional development within the current context of professionalism;  Understanding the action research within the qualitative and mixed methods research paradigm, the associated underlying philosophies and the important concept of ‘methodology’;  Understanding where Action research sits in relation to other qualitative research methods and forms of inquiry.  Developing information/literature search skills;  reviewing research reports and reading critically; identifying methodological issues;  Writing a literature review ;  Planning, designing and implementing a small scale research project;  Analysing data and representing research.  Disseminating research findings.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
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