- Department: Education
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Lisa Kim
- Credit value: 30 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
- See module specification for other years: 2022-23
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22 |
To prepare students to read reports of educational and psychological research with critical analysis, understanding and insight, so they are able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of such research; to prepare students to consider the contexts and ethics of research in education and psychology.
To develop knowledge and skills that are essential in a range of careers in education, psychology and in the social sciences more widely, including forming research questions, literature searching and reviewing, and quantitative and qualitative research design.
To familiarise students with a full range of quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques in preparation to carry out independent research on topics in psychology in education.
Subject content
Academic and graduate skills
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) 24-hour online exam |
N/A | 40 |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) 24-hour online exam |
N/A | 60 |
None
The two exams are both online (24 hour) exams. The reassessment exams are also online (24 hour) exams.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
---|---|---|
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) 24-hour online exam |
N/A | 40 |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) 24-hour online exam |
N/A | 60 |
Individual mark summaries with follow-up tutor discussion if necessary. The feedback is returned to students in line with university policy. Please check the Guide to Assessment, Standards, Marking and Feedback for more information.
Aron, A., Aron, E., & Coups, E. (2010). Statistics for the behavioural and social sciences: A brief course (5th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Coolican, H. (2009). Research methods and statistics in psychology. London: Hodder.
Field, A. (2017). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (5th ed.). London: SAGE.
Mertens, D. (2010). Research and evaluation in education and psychology: Integrating diversity with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Pallant, J. (2010). SPSS survival manual: A step by step guide to data analysis using the SPSS program (4th ed.). Berkshire, UK: McGraw Hill.