Masters-level dissertation: Trauma Informed Practice

Code School Level Credits Semesters
EDUC4317 Education 4 60 Full Year UK
Code
EDUC4317
School
Education
Level
4
Credits
60
Semesters
Full Year UK

Summary

The researching and writing of a substantive piece of scholarship within the field of the MA. Students will choose a topic in consultation with their MA module Leader and an appropriate supervisor. The topic will normally be based on interests and skills students have developed in the course of the modules already studied.

Target Students

Available to students on the MA Trauma Informed Practice.

Classes

This module is taught through a series of seminars.

Assessment

Assessed by end of designated period

Educational Aims

This module aims to provide the candidate with the skills and knowledge to develop and design a programme of research to the standard expected of a Masters level practitioner. From establishing the necessary impetus through critical engagement with previous research, candidates will outline a clear research question(s) which they will seek to answer using the most suitable research method. Candidates will go through the stages of the research process from ethical clearance through to managing and implementing a programme of research, data analysis and outline of findings in the dissertation document.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding
Candidates will develop knowledge and understanding of:
•  a topic related to their scholarly and professional interests developed during their MA and contributing to the aims of their MA programme.

Intellectual Skills
Candidates will develop the ability to:
•  evaluate and critique current research and scholarship relating to a chosen topic;
•  analyse individual texts or topics within an intellectual framework informed by current scholarship.

Candidates will develop the ability to:
•  articulate and critique knowledge and understanding of the chosen area of study and methodological approach
•  carry out research within their chosen methodology, using appropriate methods
•  evaluate the material developed or acquired
•  present their research appropriately.

Transferable Skills
Candidates will develop transferable skills in:
•  critical analysis, independent study, theoretical and empirical research, report writing and presentation.

Conveners

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Last updated 07/01/2025.