Lecture1-Introduction(2)PPT课件

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• Students will meet in learning groups, in their own time, in the week between lectures in order to discuss and prepare their group essays. Essays are submitted 8 days after the lecture (see timetable in handbook)
• In critiquing the research paper students should rely on their developing knowledge of research methods as well as lively debate in their small group meetings about the effectiveness of the paper.
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• Each week’s essay should include a) a critique of the aspects of research methods covered in the previous lecture, plus b) a critique of the relevant research paper. The word length guidance is 800 words – 400 words on research methods and 400 words on the critique.
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Lecture 1 INTRODUCTION
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ADVANCES
• Please read the handbook carefully for all the detail of this unit including the Timetable
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ASSESSMENT 1
(three group essays totalling 2,400 words)
• In the period before Christmas, there will be a onehour lecture every two weeks (six lectures in all). After this Introduction, each subsequent lecture will cover a) different aspects of research methods and b) a review of the previous week’s group essay submissions with generic advice for improvement. In addition, a recent research paper will be uploaded for critical review by the groups to be included in the essay.
• In critiquing aspects of research methods students should consult the essential textbook specified in the handbook plus as many other sources as they can find.
3) Assessment 3 (25%) - an individual proposal for further research (1,500 words) building on progress made in the individual report (25%) to be submitted Wednesday May 9th.
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ASSESSMENT 1 (cont’d)
• The first two essays (submitted in weeks 41 and 43) will be reviewed on receipt but not marked (i.e. they are practice essays). Major generic pointers will be published on BREO each fortnight and discussed in the next lecture. Groups will be able to use this feedback to improve the quality of their next essay.
• This unit is Enquiry Based Learning – lectures are pointers for group or individual investigations
• Incorporates three assessments points:
1) Assessment 1 (25%) - Three Group essays (800 words each) on Research Methods to be submitted before the Christmas recess – marked as ONE Assessment for each group.
2) Assessment 2 (50%)- an individual Research Report (5000 words) on a topic chosen by each student from within a given set of “Broad Areas”, submitted by Wednesday March 21st
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