| CODE | DCS5007 | ||||||
| TITLE | Research Project Seminars | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Dance Studies | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Issues of Generic Research appropriate to study at this level: - Research methods, criteria, forms of presentation (JB) - Theoretical bases and their application (PSI) - Resources; libraries, archives, search and retrieval (SM) - Methods of research applicable to use of I.C.T.(HS) - Awareness of specificity of contexts (LS) - Conducting practical research; praxis, empirical, ethnographic (LS, JB) - Qualitative and quantitative approaches (JB) - Design and analysis of research projects (all) - Initial Research question (and sub-questions) - Review of literature, collection of data, annotated bibliography Study-unit Aims Individual Research Selection and written articulation of literature, methods of research and literature review appropriate to the student’s chosen topic. Individual tutorial meetings in support of the research exercise. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: To give students the skills appropriate in: - Selecting the field of enquiry - Contextualising that field of enquiry within the broader history of ideas. - Seeking appropriate theoretical models - Expressing understandings of the relationship between theory and data - Developing the capacity to select and adhere to an appropriate methodology - Demonstrating the ability to select, justify and annotate selected literature 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Construct a framework of theory for analysis, practice and application of selected aspects of dance/performing arts - explain in depth the selected methodology to be applied - Select, justify and annotate an appropriate literature review Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Indicative (generic) texts: - Bell, J (1993), Doing Your Research Project OUP - Brewer, J and Hunter A (1989), Multimethod Research London: Sage - Denscombe, M (2003) The Good Research Guide (2nd edition) Buckingham: Open University Press - Denzin, Norman & Yvonna Lincoln (eds) (2005) The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (3rd edition) London: Sage - Hammersley, Martyn, (1998) Reading Ethnographic research: A critical guide (2nd edition) Harlow: Longman - Miller, D C (1991), Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement Sage - McNiff Jean (2001) Action research: principles and practice (2nd edition) London: Macmillan - Moustakas, C (1990), Heuristic Research Sage - Shields, R (Ed) (1996), Cultures in Internet Sage - Strauss, A & Corbin J (1990), Basics of Qualitative Research Sage - Whyte, W F (1991), Participatory Action Research Sage - Wilkinson, David (ed) (2000) The Researcher’s Toolkit: The complete guide to practitioner research London: Routledge - Yin, Robert, K. (2003) Case Study Research: Design and method (3rd edition) London: Sage - Yow, V R (1994), Recording Oral History: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists London Sage Subject specific material dependent on choice of students' individual topics |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: DCS5002 | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joanne Butterworth |
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