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This module provides an opportunity for students to undertake a review of literature in a subject of their choice within their chosen field of study and thereby develop skills in information searching for primary research and critical appraisal.

This module will cover the following topics:

• information searching using databases;
• review of referencing skills and engagement with EndNote Web
• primary and secondary research;
• writing literature reviews;
• paradigms, approaches and methodology;
• how to do research;
• population, sampling and statistics;
• data gathering and analysis;
• ethics;
• searching for and critiquing other people’s research;
• what research looks like.

A student passing this module should be able to:

1. Reflect upon the importance of research;
2. Critically discuss ethical considerations of research;
3. Evaluate the contribution of a range of research approaches, methodologies and methods;
4. Plan conduct and disseminate a small piece of research in the context of the teaching environment;
5. Critically evaluate research papers;
6. Undertake a search for primary research using electronic data bases and other sources and show a high level of referencing skills.

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.