Professional and Academic Skills (Practice)

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

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 and the important role of culture in promoting and achieving sustainable and equitable employment.
• the ability to use a range of academic approaches and techniques applicable to advanced scholarship in the subject;
• how to develop your practice informed by scholarship and research;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Academic Study Skills

• Academic Writing
• Academic Integrity
• Reading Images and Texts
• Identifying and selecting Library resources

Research methods and planning

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

Professional Skills

• Writing a personal statement
• Presentation skills ( preparation, presentation style and practice)
• Time management and project planning

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include

• Lectures
• Academic study skills sessions
• Online support
• Case study analysis
• Guest lecturers

Some classes will be taught online, via pre-recorded sessions, or ‘live’ sessions via Microsoft teams.

Learning activities include

• Independent learning, including reflection and evaluation of feedback
• Problem-based learning
• Independent research
• Online reference material and tutorial notes
• Class discussions

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

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

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

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

Cottrell, S ((2013)). The Study Skills Handbook .. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan,: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013., University of Southampton Library Catalogue, EBSCOhost,.

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 Library Catalogue, EBSCOhost, viewed 11 July 2016.

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