Module ERPM005 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ERPM005: Designing and Communicating Research
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:
Searching for and reviewing literature; systematic search strategies, recording and summarising identified sources, examining what is meant by critical analysis
Formulating different kinds of research questions and how they relate to different methodologies
Designing research using different design frameworks
Evaluating research and its contribution to knowledge in the field
Written formats for different audiences and dissemination: writing for academic, professional and other audiences, needs of the audience, needs of publication or medium, procedures for getting published, informal peer review
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 | 170 | 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).
www.ncrm.ac.uk/TandE/restore.php
ELE:
http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2485&topic=1
http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3161
http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3162
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
BERA (2000) Good practice in educational research writing. Nottingham, BERA.
- Thomas, G. (2007), Education and theory: strangers in paradigms, University Press, ISBN 0335211801, 0335211798, 9780335211807, 9780335211791, Format electronic resource
- Robson, C. (2017) Small-Scale Evaluation: Principles and Practice Second Edition. Sage Pub https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526417930
- Banerjee PA (2016). A longitudinal evaluation of the impact of STEM enrichment and enhancement activities in improving educational outcomes: Research protocol. International Journal of Educational Research, 76, 1-11.
- Banerjee, P. A. (2017) Does continued participation in STEM enrichment and enhancement activities affect school maths attainment?, Oxford Review of Education, 43:1, 1-18, DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2016.1235031
- Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (2011) Research Methods in Education (7th edition). London: Routledge. [Available in digital format]
- Freeman, D. (1995). Asking "Good" Questions: Perspectives from Qualitative Research on Practice, Knowledge, and Understanding in Teacher Education. TESOL Quarterly, 29, (3), 581-585. [online resources]
- Tricia Serviss, Sandra Jamieson (2017). Points of departure: Rethinking student source use and writing studies research. Utah State University Press. [Available in digital format]
- Troudi, S. (2014). Paradigmatic nature and theoretical framework in educational research. Inspiring Academic Practice, 1, (2), 1-11. [Available online: [https://education.exeter.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/inspire/article/view/25/16]
- Myhill DA, Jones SM, Lines H, Watson A (2012). Re-thinking grammar: the impact of embedded grammar teaching on students' writing and students' metalinguistic understanding. Research Papers in Education, 27(2), 139-166
- Myhill, D.A. Lines, H.E and Watson, A. (2012) Making Meaning with Grammar: a Repertoire of Possibilities mETAphor 2:1-10
- · Lines, H.E and Myhill, D.A. (2012) Grammar for Writing: Using Knowledge of Grammar to improve Writing. Classroom 18: 45-48
