Professional and Academic Skills (Practice)

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the complexities and parameters of your professional field.
• how to develop your practice informed by scholarship and research;
• the ability to use a range of academic approaches and techniques applicable to advanced scholarship in the subject;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• solve problems independently and collaboratively in creative and innovative ways;
• take responsibility for continuing to develop your own academic and professional skills.
• communicate effectively with peers and wider audiences in a variety of media;

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• evaluate and apply a variety of academic approaches to contextualise your practice;
• analyse, question and articulate the research methods that constitute or support your practice;
• conceptualise your practice within professional contexts and situations.

Indicative content for this module covers:

Academic Study Skills

• Academic Writing workshop
• Academic Integrity
• Critical analysis of primary and secondary sources
• Identifying and selecting Library resources

Research methods and planning

• Generating and applying new ideas
• The role of practice in action/ research
• Making full use of information and communication technologies

Professional Skills

• Digital/creative content
• Building a CV
• Networking and the professional use of social media
• Presentation skills ( preparation, presentation style and practice)
• Time management and project planning

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include

• Lectures
• Academic study skills sessions
• Tutor-led seminars
• Tutorials
• Case study analysis
• Visiting lecturers

Learning activities include

• Independent learning, including reflection and evaluation of feedback
• Group projects and formative collaborative tasks
• Problem-based learning
• Study visits
• Independent research
• Online reference material and tutorial notes
• Peer group learning
• Class discussions

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Working Papers in Art and Design. An on-line refereed Journal (This journal can be accessed through the TDNet Journals Gateway on the WSA Library Webcat)

Internet Resources

Blackboard.

Textbooks

Michael Polanyi. The Tacit Dimension. Chicago University Press.

Gray, C, & Malins, J (2004). Visualizing Research: A Guide To The Research Process In Art And Design. Aldershot, Hampshire, England.: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004., University of Southampton Libary Catalogue, EBSCOhost, viewed 11 July 2016.

Cottrell, S (2013). The Study Skills Handbook. Houdmills asingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013., University of Southampton Library Catalogue, EBSCOhost, viewed 12 July 2016..

Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead ( (22 April 2009)). Doing and Writing Action Research. Sage Publications Ltd.

Cottrell, S (2015). Skills For Success : Personal Development And Employability. London: Macmillan Education : Palgrave, 2015., University of Southampton Library Catalogue, EBSCOhost, viewed 12 July 2016..

Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead. You and Your Action Research Project. Routledge;.

Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrison (15 Feb 2007). Research Methods in Education (6th edition). Routledge;.

Donald A Schon (22 Aug 1991 new edition). The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action (Arena). : Ashgate Publishing Limited.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External