Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify the ‘pathways to impact’ i.e. consider how to practically embed research methods, results and outcomes for the benefit of academic and non-academic stake-holders.
- Critically evaluate research
- Evaluate the academic impact of research
- Draft research summaries and articles for dissemination to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Identify the economic / societal beneficiaries of the research, e.g. demonstrate an understanding of the relevance of the project for educational psychology in practice
- Identify the academic beneficiaries of their research, i.e. consider how their research questions, methods, and findings will extend the knowledge/methods base
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Appreciate the need for research to achieve ‘impact’
Syllabus
Journals and models of publication
Presenting at scientific conferences
The process of submitting a paper to a peer reviewed journal
The peer review process
Pathways to impact
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Students will participate in a small number of workshop sessions and then use the techniques practiced to prepare to disseminate their own research.
Type | Hours |
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Workshops | 12 |
Independent Study | 88 |
Total study time | 100 |
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Portfolio - group assessment:
1. Wider dissemination piece;
2. A journal article prepared for publication
3. Covering letter to the journal editor
4. Conference poster.
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Team work abstract
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: Yes
Peer review
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: Yes
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Repeat Information
Repeat type: External