2022/3, Trimester 1, FACE-TO-FACE,
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | FACE-TO-FACE |
Location of delivery: | SIGHTHILL |
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Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Roberto Kulpa |
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Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
Teaching and learning on this module develops across several modalities and channels of delivery:• through the regular weekly workshops, scheduled guest sessions, periodic programme-exclusive events, • delivered on campus, online, through fieldwork and external visits (conditions permitting),• enhanced through individual, personalised tutoring and mentorship activities,• regularly revised via formative feedback, self-evaluation exercises, and diverse assessment strategies enhancing and mobilising further learning.We will make use of weekly 3h timeslots to deliver workshops that are creatively tailored to the applied and participatory nature of this module, responding to the group needs and (possibly diverse) level of research experience among students. Each workshop will have tutor’s and students’ input delivered in various formats, for instance: pre-recorded lecture or a mix of pre-recorded and in-class shorter presentations; student presentations; pair and small group discussions, all-class forum debates; problem-solving practical tasks and activities; computer lab work; 1-on-1 student-tutor time, peer-learning exercises. We will also use blended learning technologies in response to your needs, and diverse and applied nature of learned and practised content. We envisage making use of pre-recorded lectures; live, online meetings using WebEx, interactive VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) technologies such as Moodle quizzes, peer review and feedback workshops, online annotation and commentary tools on e-book platforms (Kortext or similar). Enriching the regular in-class activities hosted on campus, we will hold meetings and activities outdoors, in museums and galleries, organise fieldwork days and research visits to the partner organisations and businesses (where and if appropriate, and conditions permitting).In particular:1. Lectures and in-class discussions will help you with advancing knowledge of the contemporary issues (LO1), critically reflecting on ‘power’ (LO2), and with understanding conceptual complexities of social policy work (LO3).2. Practical tasks and small group exercises during workshops will stimulate your imagination and creativity, boosting your skillset to deploy analytical models (LO4).3. Guided self-study and individual scholarship time that you dedicate to learning on this module will form a core of your learning, supporting your achievement of module’s aims and objectives (LO1,2,3,4).
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You will work with concrete examples of policy documents and in workshops will prepare a strategy and a framework for the analysis of these. Formative feedback will consist of two elements. (1) Presentations of analyses in the classroom, receiving tutors’ feedback that directly feeds into the summative task. (2) Peer feedback, as an effective learning motivator that help you with the summative assessment and builds personal confidence and transferable skills of cooperation. This module’s formative assessment also enhances cross-programme LOs by introducing skills (peer assessment, presentations) that you will use later in the programme (Dissertation Project, Business of Research), consistently building cross-module feedback structure on our programme.
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Your assessment will consist of two components (100% weight of the final mark):• 60% - Essay – an essay. (Assessed LOs: 1,2) (indicative word length: 2000-3000).• 40% - Analysis Report – an example of a critical analysis based on a chosen policy document. (Assessed LOs: 3,4) (indicative word length: 1,500-2000).Format for both will be specified by and agreed with the ML. Please note the final length for both elements will be determined by the choice of analytical method, data, and the topic. You will write an essay and a report encapsulating learned knowledge and skills to evidence your advanced understanding and skills in policy analysis. The essay will show your advanced knowledge of the contemporary issues (LO1), and your critical appraisal of ‘power’ as the governing social force (LO2). The Analysis Report will evidence your advanced understanding of principles guiding policy analysis (LO3), while showcasing your practical skills in analysis (LO4).
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 36 |
Independent Learning | Groupwork (Independent Study) | 24 |
Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 140 |
| 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 | 40 | 3,4 | 10 | , WORDS= 2000 |
Essay | 60 | 1,2 | 14/15 | , WORDS= 3000 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 40 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 60 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |