Faculty of Humanities and Education (Postgraduate) - The University ...

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POSTGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2012 - 2013
THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & EDUCATION
CONTENT
Participants will choose elective professional development
assignments from the following fields:
• Sexual health
• Family planning/reproductive health
• HFLE
• Advertising and media
• Nutrition and related areas
• Physical activity and exercise
• Environment
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Drugs and alcohol
• In-school or other institutional monitoring frame with a
health promotion perspective
Alternative fieldwork proposals will be considered by the unit
coordinator. All fieldwork must have prior approval of the unit
coordinator.
Major competencies to be developed
• Skills in the observation and evaluation of professional
practice
• Capacity for critical evaluation of personal knowledge and
practice
• Positive attitudes to seeking alternative models and
paradigms of practice
• Capacity to seek innovation and improvement, and to
adapt and apply it to personal practice
ASSESSMENT -100% coursework as follows:
Oral presentation of field report 20%
Submission of a fieldwork report consisting of field notes/
journal, analysis of the observations, analysis of the professional
development benefits for the participant 80%
Recommended reading
Bolton, G. (2005). Reflective practice: Writing and professional
development (2nd edition) London: Sage. (ISBN:
1412908124)
Guskey, T. R. (2000). Evaluating professional development.
Thousand Oaks: Sage, Corwin Press. (ISBN: 0761975616)
6.6 EDRS 6900 - Research Project (10 credits)
Course Overview
The field of health and human relationships in education in
the Caribbean has many aspects that are largely unexplored.
The importance of deepening research in this field has become
increasingly apparent in view of the relentless expansion of the
HIV epidemic, and the increase in chronic diseases. For students
gaining academic and research competencies, the
research component of the M.Ed. (Health Promotion) degree
will add substantially to the Caribbean evidence-base.
Participants will be expected to participate in graduate research
seminars. These seminars are zero-rated, but attendance is
compulsory, and each participant will be expected to present
his/her research proposal in one of the seminars.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Conceptualize, plan, execute, analyze, and write up a
research project which makes a significant original
contribution to the literature.
CONTENT
• Background as setting and intellectual ancestry
• Conceptualisation/Statement of the problem
• Purpose, research questions, and expected outcomes
• Literature review
• Methodology
• Data collection, presentation of findings and data analysis
• Conclusion
Major competencies to be developed
• Research design, planning, execution, analysis, and writeup.
ASSESSMENT
Seminar Presentation (Compulsory) - Zero rated
Research Project Report (15,000 words) - 100%