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In the final phase of the programme participants will undertake a dissertation based on an issue identified in the previous course 'Doing and using research for practice' which aims to inform and appropriately disseminate strategies for change/improvement in the selected setting.

A blend of synchronous and asynchronous online components.

Group dissertation sessions and supervision meetings.

Please refer to the current graduate prospectus at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/prospectus/ 

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Designing & Planning a Practitioner Enquiry EDUC5853

Students will go for one of the two following options for the course's summative assessment.

Option 1 comprises a 12000-15000 word dissertation (100% of the assessment)

Option 2 comprises components (a) (b), and (c). All of these components are based on one MEd research/enquiry, as presented as follows.

■ (a) a 'Mini-dissertation' with focus on an organisational or issue-based challenge with the length of 7000-8000 words (50%);

■ (b) a written policy brief or executive summary with the length of 1500 -2000 words (40%); and

■ (c) an oral presentation (to peers), 10 minutes individual plus 5 minutes Q&A (10%)

■ To enable participants to express a critical, thorough and reflective analysis of the role of various forms of research in relation to educational leadership and management and associated issues.

■ To provide participants with a critical understanding of the processes of investigation to bring about change/improvement

■ To critically review, consolidate and extend knowledge or skills or thinking in the discipline

■ To justify approaches ethically using professional codes of conduct

■ To communicate successfully to a range of educational audiences

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Demonstrate understanding of a range of investigative skills examining learning in schools or other relevant educational contexts

■ Identify, from a critical review of literature, or other appropriate context, an issue of strategic importance in their field

■ Evaluate analysis critically, professionally and ethically

■ Engage ethically with research material

■ Critically appraise appropriate dissemination strategies

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.