Module Code - Title:
EN6006
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DISSERTATION 2
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This is a follow up module to Dissertation 1. Its purpose is to provide a scaffolding to bring the research dissertation to final completion stage.
Syllabus:
Students will be required to progress their research dissertation work through a number of milestones from the data collection and analysis phase to the discussion, final write up and presentation of the dissertation.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Critique the conflicting political and theoretical perspectives in relation to evidence-based research in the field of guidance counselling.
Discriminate between complex theoretical paradigms in the discipline of guidance counselling research and closely related discipline areas.
Demonstrate ability to source and evaluate a broad range of relevant literature through different sources such as textbooks, academic journals and online databases.
Select and apply appropriate methodologies (quantitative and qualitative) in the design and execution of a research project.
Synthesise ideas and concepts in order to generate new approaches or models for practice arising from their research project.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Display a reflexive understanding and commitment to ethical research practice as a practitioner- researcher.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The students are supported through an assigned dissertation Supervisor.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Bryman, A. (2012)
Social Research Methods, 4th ed.
, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (2011)
Research Methods in Education, 7th ed.
, Abingdon: Routledge
McLeod, J. (2015)
Doing Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy, 3rd ed.
, London: Sage
Merriam, S. B. & Tisdell, E. J. (2015)
Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation
, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Mertens, D. M. (2010)
Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity with Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods, 3rd ed.
, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Punch, K.F. (2014)
Introduction to Research Methods in Education, 2nd ed.
, LA: Sage
Thomas, G. (2017)
How to do your Research Project; A Guide for Students Sciences, 3rd ed.
, London: Sage
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Summer
Module Leader:
petra.elftorp@ul.ie