Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Online
Module Offerings
New-APR-MTP
New-JAN-MTP
New-SEP-MTP
New-SEP_NS-MTP
Aims
Breakdown of delivery hours per week. There will be 33 hours of total delivery for this Module. This will include 3 hours online presentations every two weeks for each of the seven topics. Additional direct contact will be made as and when required between the Student and Module and / or Programme lead. Aims This Research Methods module introduces the Student to the key research methods required to conduct a piece of independent research on a topic associated with the relevant programme.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Apply major theories and concepts to the relevant programme of study.
2.
Demonstrate the skills necessary to plan, conduct and report a research project by independently engaging with the subject literature, analyse or and assess it to support critical and normative judgements within security studies and theories with relevant evidence and structured argument.
3.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the research designs, methodological choices, and validity of sources of empirical research and good/best practice guidance that seek to analyse and measure the performance of covert investigation and specialist intelligence and by doing so, show imagination and flexibility in seeking solutions to problems.
4.
Using ICT to identify, access and select effective information collection methods and use the most appropriate analytical tools including the application of numerical skills to cases involving a quantitative dimension.
5.
Articulate arguments and conclusions based on evidence and that are subject to a well- developed critical appraisal and imaginative judgement.
6.
Collaborate and co-operate in working with others to investigate questions or issues relating to the programme of study, including policing studies, security studies and international relations.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
What is research? Understanding research ethics planning and preparing research proposals Exploring research methods Using research to inform change.
What is research? Understanding research ethics planning and preparing research proposals Exploring research methods Using research to inform change.
Module Overview:
This module will enable you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge you have been developing over the time studying on the programme. It will provide you with the ability to identify a relevant and interesting topic of research, develop and test research questions, and draw conclusions relevant to academia, policy and practice.
This module will enable you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge you have been developing over the time studying on the programme. It will provide you with the ability to identify a relevant and interesting topic of research, develop and test research questions, and draw conclusions relevant to academia, policy and practice.
Additional Information:
This module will enable the Student to demonstrate the skills and knowledge they have been developing over the programme and will provide them with the ability to identity a relevant and interesting topic of research, develop and test research questions, and draw conclusions relevant to academia, policy and practice. The Research Skills will provide a framework for the Student to develop their independent research project if they progress to the Dissertation. The module will explore what a dissertation looks like (how to structure the research project). It will explain why the literature review is important and the ways in which this will inform the research questions. It will give guidance on how to choose and deploy a suitable methodology and how to present and discuss the findings. The Module will also enable the Student to draw robust conclusions, which are useful to the academic field, to policy-makers, and to practitioners; how to deal with ethical dilemmas in research; and how to manage the research data in ways, which protect your respondents and yourself while ensuring your data is valid and reliable. After completing the module, the student should be able to better critically, evaluate a range of regulatory processes together with professional values which inform practice in their identified field and situate their own work within it through analysis of appropriate primary material. In addition, they should be able to hone a particular methodology or approach towards their chosen material to generate research and an informed critical position.
This module will enable the Student to demonstrate the skills and knowledge they have been developing over the programme and will provide them with the ability to identity a relevant and interesting topic of research, develop and test research questions, and draw conclusions relevant to academia, policy and practice. The Research Skills will provide a framework for the Student to develop their independent research project if they progress to the Dissertation. The module will explore what a dissertation looks like (how to structure the research project). It will explain why the literature review is important and the ways in which this will inform the research questions. It will give guidance on how to choose and deploy a suitable methodology and how to present and discuss the findings. The Module will also enable the Student to draw robust conclusions, which are useful to the academic field, to policy-makers, and to practitioners; how to deal with ethical dilemmas in research; and how to manage the research data in ways, which protect your respondents and yourself while ensuring your data is valid and reliable. After completing the module, the student should be able to better critically, evaluate a range of regulatory processes together with professional values which inform practice in their identified field and situate their own work within it through analysis of appropriate primary material. In addition, they should be able to hone a particular methodology or approach towards their chosen material to generate research and an informed critical position.