2022/3, Trimester 1, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | FACE-TO-FACE |
Location of delivery: | SIGHTHILL |
Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Kathy Charles |
Module Organiser: | |
Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
This module is delivered primarily through face-to-face lectures and workshops, with a small amount of online content at the beginning of the trimester. The focus of this module is on equipping students with knowledge and experience of a range of areas within forensic psychology. The workshop element of this module allows students to engage with practical tasks which a professional forensic psychologist might use, and is designed to complement the lectures which are more knowledge and content focussed. The assessment and learning outcomes for this module have been designed to mimic the exemplars which trainee forensic psychologists are required to produce as part of the requirements of chartership. This has been done to allow final year psychology students the opportunity to experience some of the work based demands they might face if they pursue a career in this area. The formative assessment task in week 9 requires students to produce a detailed plan (850 words) of what they will do in their summative assessment. Students will choose an area of interest from the module and detail how they will address each of the four learning outcomes in their final assessment. This is similar to the exemplar construction process for trainee psychologists. Students are encouraged to choose their own topic for the focus of their report in order to develop both confidence and creativity in their writing. This supports the 2020 strategy of delivering an excellent personalised student experience.The content of this module is delivered between weeks 2 and 11 inclusive. During these weeks students will have between two and four hours of face-to-face teaching depending on the topic being covered. In week 1, there will be some online introductory module content which students should spend around one hour engaging with. The remaining 168 hours are for independent study and include time spent preparing the assessment for this module which is due in week 13. This means that students should aim to spend around 13 hours per week engaging in wider reading and assessment preparation from weeks 1 to 13 inclusive. Recommended readings will be uploaded to Moodle for students, but there is also an expectation of independent literature searching.
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In week 9 class time is dedicated solely to providing formative feedback on students’ plans for their summative assessment. Students will bring detailed plans for their coursework to tutorials where they will receive feedback and advice from a member of the module team.
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This module is assessed by a single piece of coursework designed to address all four of the learning outcomes. The coursework is a report focussing on a specific area of forensic psychology which is of interest to the student. The report will have a guideline structure which allows students to address the historical context of their chosen topic along with an evaluation and analysis of the research methods and theories applied to this topic. The final part of the report will allow students to produce a reflective commentary on the ethics of their chosen topic and to reflect on their own learning of this subject. This type of assessment has been designed to mimic the exemplars which forensic psychologists in training have to produce in order to be granted Chartered Forensic Psychologist status.
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Lecture | 18 |
Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 13 |
Online | On-demand Webinar | 1 |
Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 168 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Report | 100 | 1,2,3 & 4 | 13 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 2500 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 100 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 0 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |