Entry requirements

Successfully completed the Masters course, or an equivalent: Modelling Learning

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describing and giving examples of interpretative studies and flexible designs
• comparing ands contrasting interpretative methodologies, both orally and in written form
• design and describe semi-structured and structured interviews in written form
• perform peer-interviews for appraisal by those peers
• writing a comprehensive research proposal

Content

The course will provide a broad working introduction to:

• interpretative studies and flexible designs
• designing an enquiry
• methods of interpretative data collection
• carry out and report interpretative data analysis

Instruction

The course will be taught in English and will have an interactive seminar format that draws on prescribed preparatory readings

Assessment

The examination will comprise of a project to construct and write up a comprehensive research proposal.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.