Dissemination Practice - PHI00023M

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  • Department: Philosophy
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Owen Hulatt
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2019-20

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching cycle
A Summer Term 2019-20

Module aims

To give students experience of all aspects of dissemination of philosophical research including organising a dissemination event; preparing, presenting and defending a paper; challenging work presented by others at a 'conference'; editing conference proceedings.

Module learning outcomes

Subject content

  • The module consists of the whole cohort organising a conference, presenting papers and discussing each others' work and editing the proceedings.
  • The cohort will be split into two teams for the teamwork elements, with one team organising and the other editing.
  • All students will be expected to give a paper at the conference and engage actively in the discussions.


Academic and graduate skills

  • Skills required to organise an academic event
  • The ability to prepare, present and defend a paper
  • The ability to engage constructively in an academic conference
  • The ability to edit the proceedings of the conference to provide a permanent record of the event


Other learning outcomes (if applicable)

  • Teamwork
  • Constructive criticism

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Teamwork Exercise - 2000 word report		 N/A 40
Oral presentation/seminar/exam
Chairing conference session		 N/A 10
Oral presentation/seminar/exam
Presentation of paper at conference		 N/A 50

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Viva voce examination of role in teamwork exercise and 'conference' paper.		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Students will receive written feedback on the report of the teamwork exercise and also on chairing and presentation.

Indicative reading

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