Postgraduate Module Descriptor

ERPM000: The Nature of Educational Enquiry

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

The nature of educational enquiry and the context of education research;
Ways of knowing and the use of theory in research and practice;
Ethics and educational research;
Scientific, interpretive, critical and mixed methods approaches to educational research; and
Contemporary debates in educational research.

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
30	270	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	30	10x3 hour teaching sessions (lectures, workshops and seminars), including on campus teaching and recorded sessions
Guided Independent Study	70	Collaborative group work
Guided Independent Study	100	Reading and assignment preparation
Guided Independent Study	100	Writing summative assignment

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).