Module ERPM000 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ERPM000: The Nature of Educational Enquiry
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
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.
Learning and Teaching
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
- British Educational Research Association (BERA) http://www.bera.ac.uk
- European Educational Research Association (EERA) http://www.eera.ac.uk
- American Educational Research Association (AERA) http://www.aera.net
Other Learning Resources
http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3161
http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3162
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Analysis of article | Equivalent to 1,200 words | 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 12 | Written and peer feedback |
Group assignment | Equivalent to 1,300 words | 1-9, 12 | Oral and written feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Written Assignment: Comparative analysis of two published pieces of research | 100 | 5,000 words | 1-12 | Written |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Written Assignment Comparative analysis of two published pieces of research | Written Assignment Comparative pieces of two published pieces of research (5,000 words) | 1-12 | 6 weeks from notification of failure or re-entry onto programme |