| CODE | EDU5961 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Dissertation | ||||||||||||
| 今日黑料 LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| EQF/MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 60 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Education | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | A dissertation in Teaching Ethics in Schools is generally expected to give the learners the opportunity to specialise further through research in their field of studies. Ethics is a new subject in schools and local research is practically non-existent in this field. This module gives the students the opportunity to apply in practice what they learned in the Research Methodology module, as well as develop their own theories based on practice through research in the field. It develops the students’ capacity to analyse, evaluate and theorize practice as well as present one’s finding in written form, developing their report writing skills. The length of the dissertation is not less than 20,000 but not more than 30,000 words. Study-Unit Aims: - To prepare researchers who can make use of appropriate advanced research methods to explore and analyse a specific research area of topical interest in the teaching and learning of ethics as specified in the Learning Outcomes Framework. - To prepare researchers who can achieve a synthesis of theoretical and substantive, empirical and educational concerns in their research. - To prepare researchers who can contribute to comparative research in the area of teaching and learning Ethics. - To make use of appropriate and advanced research methods to explore and analyze a specific research area in the teaching and learning of Ethics. - To achieve a synthesis of theoretical and educational concerns. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Develop a critical perspective on different aspects of teaching and learning Ethics in schools; - Demonstrate understanding of appropriate research methodologies by showing that these have been applied in an appropriate manner to his/her field of research; - Develop a theoretical framework appropriate to the area of substantive research; - Identify a field of study for analytical research in connection with teaching and learning of ethics. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Develop a methodology appropriate to the area that will be under investigation; - Develop a critical perspective on different aspects of teaching and learning Ethics; - Apply concepts and principles of research methodologies in order to:     - develop a research question;     - search the relevant literature on the subject under study;     - read extensively literature around the area of study;     - draw conclusions and recommendations from the literature. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - The Moral Foundations of Educational Research: Knowledge, Inquiry, and Values by Pat Sikes; Jon Nixon; Wilfred Carr. Open University Press, 2003. - What Does Good Education Research Look Like? Situating a Field and Its Practices by Lyn Yates. Open University Press, 2004. - Educational Research: A Guide to the Process by Norman E. Wallen; Jack R. Fraenkel. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001 (2nd edition). - Research Methods in Education by Louis Cohen; Lawrence Manion; Keith Morrison. Routledge Falmer, 2000 (5th edition). - An Introduction to a Postmodern Approach to Educational Research: Discourse Analysis by Zeeman, Laetitia; Poggenpoel, Marie; Myburgh, Cph; Van der Linde, N. Education, Vol. 123, No. 1, Fall 2002. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Co-requisite Study-units: EDU5970 & EDU5971 | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Dissertation | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2026/7. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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