Unit name | Supervised Individual Study (MSc Education, Technology and Society) |
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Unit code | EDUCM5807 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Professor. Sally Barnes |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Education |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will enable students registered on the MSc in Education, Technology and Society programme to pursue a topic of interest and relevance to them and their working context with the support of individual supervision.
Aims:
This unit will enable participants to:
On successful completion of this unit participants will have developed their own understanding of their chosen topic, gained experience and some competency in conducting this exploration, and demonstrated their ability to articulate their findings and related ideas cogently.
The Supervised Individual Study will normally be conducted independently, although a small co-operative inquiry group study would be considered appropriate.
The unit will be assessed by a written assignment in the form of a report/presentation/essay/video paper or personal account as appropriate, comprising 2,000 words or equivalent.