Module Descriptors
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND LITERATURE REVIEW FOR THE FOR THE WORKPLACE PROJECT (WBL)
GEOG60540
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Janet Wright
Email: J.S.Wright@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 10
Independent Study Hours: 140
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- LITERATURE REVIEW (2500 WORDS) weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Completion of FdSc. Sustainability and Environmental Management.
Module Resources
University Library, Faculty of Sciences Learning Resource Centre, Internet & Email facilities, Sciences IT facilities, appropriate secondary data sets. Blackboard or equivalent VLE.
Module Texts
Kneale, P. (2011) Study Skills for Geography, Earth & Environmental Science Students. Hodder Education
Parsons, T & P Knight (2005) How to do your dissertation in geography and related disciplines 2nd edition.
Parsons, T & P Knight (2005) How to do your dissertation in geography and related disciplines 2nd edition.
Module Indicative Content
1. A tutorial programme integrated within the face-to-face block workshop programme will provide discussion of project subject matter related to the student's workplace dissertation, and which encourages and enables advanced library skills and literature searching, critical reading of articles etc., leading to production of a literature review which can form the basis of an introductory section for the final dissertation.
2. A set of online resources in Blackboard which will introduce sustainability and environmental
research philosophies, and which will provide material on project design and planning, including: literature searching, relevance trees, bibliographic sources, research question formulation and research approaches, data types (qualitative /quantitative, primary / secondary), reliability, analysis and sampling design, logistical planning and safety issues.
2. A set of online resources in Blackboard which will introduce sustainability and environmental
research philosophies, and which will provide material on project design and planning, including: literature searching, relevance trees, bibliographic sources, research question formulation and research approaches, data types (qualitative /quantitative, primary / secondary), reliability, analysis and sampling design, logistical planning and safety issues.
Module Additional Assessment Details
A LITERATURE REVIEW (2500 words) weighted at 100% [LOs 1 and 2]
Additional formative assessment: during the face-to-face workshops, opportunities will be provided for students for to receive formative feedback on the project planning, methodology formation and literature reviewing activities that they should be carrying out in the initial stages of their workplace project.
Additional formative assessment: during the face-to-face workshops, opportunities will be provided for students for to receive formative feedback on the project planning, methodology formation and literature reviewing activities that they should be carrying out in the initial stages of their workplace project.
Module Learning Strategies
(a) A tutorial programme consisting of workshop sessions (10 hours – group and individual sessions) integrated within the workshops of the first teaching block. Attendance is compulsory.
(b) Independent learning to prepare for and follow up tutorial and workshop activities, complete formative learning activities made available through the supporting VLE, engage with the project planning/literature review support material, and to complete the literature review.
(b) Independent learning to prepare for and follow up tutorial and workshop activities, complete formative learning activities made available through the supporting VLE, engage with the project planning/literature review support material, and to complete the literature review.