Learning by Objectives
Introduction
This module has been designed to meet the needs of individual Masters students who want to pursue study in a particular area not covered by their Masters programme. As such it can form a programme of independent study, or support a group of students each studying separate project areas. It is based around a series of learning objectives put together by students in consultation with a supervisor who will negotiate with them an appropriate form of assessment.
It is often used to support a period of experiential or community university partnership work in which a student works for or with a particular organisation to gain experience and to meet their learning goals. It can be used by someone based in practice to underpin a particular area of innovation or change they wish to carry out within their practice area. It can, if necessary, be used to validate a particular area of desk based research.
When taken individually by students it is supported through tutorials set with a learning supervisor but is ideally suited to group tutorials supported through Action Learning sets. These are intended to provide an arena for looking at the professional problems that arise when working in practice or studying alone. Individual students will supplement this with reading, attendance at conferences or specific seminars, consultation with practitioners or academic specialists, personal observation and reflection.
Aims of the Module
The aim of this module is to enable participants to identify, specify and plan a course of learning in line with their personal objectives that will both compliment other taught modules within the programme and serve to further individual areas of interest or specific career goals.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module students will have:
- Identified one or two specific learning goals associated with personal or professional development in agreement with a learning supervisor
- Put in place a programme of activities to involve either practical, experimental or theoretical study, or a combination of these in order to meet their specified goals
- Critically analyse the nature and the significance of the evidence obtained showing an awareness of the difference between different forms of knowledge
- Clearly articulated the findings from their study using a personal, professional voice and drawing well grounded conclusions from the evidence obtained
- Evaluated the processes used to specify objectives, plan the learning approach and identify appropriate learning outcomes
- Evaluated the impact of their learning on their own context.
Assessment
- Assessment tasks for this module are negotiated with the learning supervisor and, where appropriate the organisation in which the student is based. If the latter care should be taken to ensure the material produced through this module is sufficiently rigorous to meet the academic standards required at Masters level while still being accessible and of value to the organisation supporting this work. In some instance two separate pieces of work may be required. Assessment materials could include:
- An extensive written report (5,000 words)
- An academic essay (5,000 words)
- A planned presentation with relevant visual or audio visual support (max 45 minutes)
- The completion of a specific practical task, accompanied by a written reflective account of the learning associated with this (3,000 words)
- The completion of a specific practical task, accompanied by a presentation of the learning associated with this (20 minutes).
Who can take this module
This module is listed as an option within the modular programme of the Faculty of Health. Its open and flexible nature means that it can be adapted to fit individual learning needs on most Masters programmes.
Contact
For further information please contact
Dr Juliet Millican - Student Community Engagement Development Manager
Telephone: (01273) 644155
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