PA333-6-FY-CO:
Dissertation (Childhood Studies)
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2023/24
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Inactive
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
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26 August 2022
Requisites for this module
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Throughout the year students will be pursuing a project based on a subject of their choice. They will draw on the theory and the practical experiences from the three years of the course and apply these to a subject of their choice, exploring the conscious and unconscious dynamics involved. Further details about the structure and content of the Dissertation can be found below.
There will be an introductory seminar to help with choosing the project, followed by two seminars on basic research skills concerned with getting started: what is a dissertation and how to develop a good research question and find the best resources. This is followed by a proposal presentation which students will make to the tutors and their peer group. After the presentation each student is assigned a Supervisor and can arrange at least two supervision meetings with a named member of staff to monitor progress and offer support. Finally, while students are developing their proposal into a dissertation they will attend two further seminars focused upon learning to critically evaluate their resources and emerging evidence.
Aims
The module will enable you:
* To demonstrate intellectual independence and originality by choosing your own subject of study and defining its nature and scope
* To experience the process of producing knowledge and conducting independent enquiry in a specific area of interest to them
* To consolidate your written communication and intellectual skills by presenting the results of your research in a clearly written, cogently argued, logically structured and properly referenced
* To pull together the learning and experiences from the course and apply them to a topic of the student's choice
* To develop greater confidence in the flexible application of psychodynamic understanding
Learning Outcomes
* Students will gain a deeper awareness of the theoretical application and relevance of psychodynamic enquiry into areas of interest
* Students will have a better capacity to apply learning flexibly
* Students will gain knowledge of basic research skills such as literature searches and construction of longer and deeper argument
* Students will gain knowledge about and application of critical analysis in research
* Students will have a greater capacity for independent learning
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There will be an introductory workshop followed by six seminars. Students will also attend at least 2 individual dissertation supervisions.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Magda-Agata Schmukalla, email: m.schmukalla@essex.ac.uk.
from Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Student Administrator Room 5A.202, telephone 01206 874969 email ppsug@essex.ac.uk
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Prof Heather Montgomery
The Open University
Professor of Anthropology and Childhood
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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