Module manager: Phil Arthington
Email: p.s.arthington@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 Sep to 30 Jun View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
As set out in the Programme level Entry Requirements.
| FAMT5240M | Intro to Research Methods |
This module is not approved as an Elective
- To introduce students to a variety of qualitative research methods, and provide them with an experience of designing a viable research project.
- To equip students to critically evaluate and productively make use of published qualitative research reports in the field of systemic family therapy.
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- show the connections between modernist, constructivist and constructionist paradigms and ways of formulating research methodologies;
- evaluate the claims made in specific studies of therapeutic outcome;
- demonstrate the understanding necessary to evaluate different qualitative approaches to research;
- apply a range of appropriate techniques to analyse qualitative data and report the results appropriately;
- design a viable research study within a constructionist theoretical framework and show how the research meets ethical criteria and will potentially contribute to improving systemic practice.
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- show the connections between modernist, constructivist and constructionist paradigms and ways of formulating research methodologies;
- judge the claims made in specific studies of therapeutic outcome;
- demonstrate the understanding necessary to evaluate different qualitative approaches to research;
- apply a range of appropriate techniques to analyse qualitative data and report the results appropriately;
- design a viable research study within a constructionist theoretical framework and show how the research meets ethical criteria and will potentially contribute to improving systemic practice.
- Issues of causality in constructionist thinking: Implications for research objectives
- Methodologies in qualitative research
- Treatment of qualitative data
- Paradigms of research and the design of research within a systemic framework with special reference to outcome studies
- Review of approaches in published research studies
- Formulation of a research proposal
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Seminar | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Tutorial | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Private study hours | 130 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 20 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
- Preparing for lectures and seminars
- Conducting qualitative analyses
- Critiquing research papers
- Preparing research proposal
- 1,000 word critique of research paper
- Practice based learning research project
- Supervision of research study
- Tutorials and email support for project with tutor
- Performance in seminars on research design
- Group presentation
- 2,500 word reflexive account of group project
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Critique | 1,000 words - critique of research paper | 30 |
| Report | 2,500 words - reflexive account of group project | 70 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Compensation permitted. Resit capped at 50 and module grade capped at 50.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 09/05/2024
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