Educational Leadership: Dissertation EDUC51085
- Academic Session: 2023-24
- School: School of Education
- Credits: 60
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Repeated in Semesters 1 and 2
- Available to Visiting Students: No
Short Description
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.
Timetable
A blend of synchronous and asynchronous online components.
Group dissertation sessions and supervision meetings.
Requirements of Entry
Please refer to the current graduate prospectus at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/prospectus/
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
Designing & Planning a Practitioner Enquiry EDUC5853
Assessment
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%)
Course Aims
■ 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
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
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
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.