Module ERPM001 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ERPM001: Interpretive Methodologies
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary over time, it is envisaged that the syllabus will consider a range of issues that relate to interpretive approaches to research. The content is likely to include:
Methodology and ethics:
- Interpretive methodologies and practical concerns relating to research design
- Criteria of judgment in interpretive research such as credibility, confirmability, coherence, completeness, trustworthiness and transferability
- The place of qualitative and quantitative data in interpretive research
- The central place of the researcher in interpretive research, and notions of subjectivity and reflexivity
- Ethical concerns in different interpretive approaches
Techniques and sources:
- Interviewing – ways of asking, listening and recording
- Observation – ways of looking, seeing and recording
- Visual methods – ways of seeing, viewing, creating and recording
Analysis and critique:
- Different approaches to qualitative data analysis, including grounded theory, discourse analysis, narrative analysis and thematic analysis
- Processes of theory generation
- Uses and limitations of data analysis software such as NVivo
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Other Learning Resources
Suggested journals:
Qualitative Research
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Qualitative Inquiry
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written task | Equivalent to 250 words | 1, 6, 12, 13 | Written |
| Written assignment | 1250 words | 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13 | Written |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Assignment: Reflective journal and essay | 100 | 5,000 words in total, 3,500 word essay and reflective journal equivalent to 1,500 words | 1-13 | Written and grade |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written Assignment | Written Assignment: Reflective journal and essay (As above) | 1-13 | 6 weeks from notification of failure or re-entry onto programme |
