Unit name | Developing Thinking |
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Unit code | EDUCM5407 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Meadows |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Cognition and Learning, Brain, Mind and Education, Social and Socio-Cultural Psychology, Issues in the Psychology of Development, Individual Differences |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Education |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit offers students the opportunity to work on a topic of their own choice with guidance from an adviser working in the same field, in order to develop their knowledge and skills beyond the normal level expected for taught courses. Students will learn about research methods appropriate to the study of their chosen topic, though they may carry out a literature review rather than a piece of empirical work for the unit.
During the unit students should be in a position:
By the end of the unit students will be able to demonstrate that they:
The method of study is supervised individual study. There are no classes; students will only undertake such study after the successful completion of other psychology units and may be advised to audit additional classes if this is appropriate. Contact hours will depend on the progress of the study.
An assignment or research report of 4000 words demonstrating critical understanding of current approaches to studying psychology, knowledge of current theoretical models and theories in psychology and the evidence that supports them, and skills in reading, summarising, critiquing, and writing literature in the area of psychology.
Reading will be determined in discussion between tutor and student. Students will draw on journals such as Child Development, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, British Journal of Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology, Annual Review of Psychology, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.