Module Details

Module Code: EDUC N8108
Full Title: Engaging with Scholarship
Valid From:: Semester 1 - 2023/24 ( September 2023 )
Language of Instruction:English
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 10
Module Owner:: Arjan van Rossum
Departments: Life and Health Sciences
Module Description: The aims of this module are to promote (a) an understanding of the nature of evidence and scholarship, (b) academic literacy (including numerical and statistical literacy) essential to begin to engage with the discipline, and (c) the analytic and writing skills that will enable the student to produce their own academic texts.
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Plan, organise and manage disciplinary work.
MLO2 Reflect on personal development as a learner and utilise strategies that will enhance academic reading.
MLO3 Utilise academic evidence to develop an argument.
MLO4 Illustrate writing skills of a logical structure, appropriate content, language, punctuation and grammar including appropriate referencing.
MLO5 Demonstrate library skills and technological skills that supports learning in third level.
MLO6 Demonstrate a range of short academic texts that adhere to discipline-specific conventions, including interpretation of research data.
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
 
Module Indicative Content
Understanding scholarship:
The nature of evidence: what counts as evidence? Academic discourses; theories and arguments; words and numbers in public debate; engaging with academic literature; ethics of scholarship.
Getting started
Academic expectations in third level, assignment types and requirements, managing study, library skills, technology that supports learning.
Reading skills
Purposeful and active reading, effective and efficient reading strategies, distinguishing key ideas in texts, fact versus opinions, academic arguments and logical arguments (debates), summarising salient points, reading critically, reflecting on personal reading style. Types of literature used in third level e.g. textbooks, subject specific reference books, handbooks, single subject books, research versus review articles, reports, conference proceedings.
Writing skills
Planning and organising written work, logical structure and format, punctuation and grammar, appropriate content and language, active and passive writing, reasoning and making cogent arguments, collaborative writing, drafting and proof reading. Referencing, primary versus secondary sources, paraphrasing, summarising, synthesising, academic integrity, copyright. Understanding and using feedback.
Statistical literacy
Chance, coincidence and probability; risk; correlation and causation; presenting data, reading the results sections in academic papers.
Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work100.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Continuous Assessment % of Total Mark 20
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2,5,6
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Assignment 1 Paraphrasing a research article 20%
Assessment Type Continuous Assessment % of Total Mark 80
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Assignment 2 Essay on academic writing 80% The continuous assignments will consist of a 2/3 incremental writing tasks to improve and familiarize the student with various aspects of the writing process.
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination
Reassessment Requirement
No repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will be offered solely on the basis of coursework and a repeat examination will not be offered.

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Tutorial Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 6.00 6
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 6.00 6
Total Weekly Learner Workload 18.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 6.00
This module has no Part-time workload.
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Tom Burns,Sandra Sinfield. (2022), Essential Study Skills, 5th Edition. Student Success, California, p.312, [ISBN: 9781529778519].
  • Bryan Greetham. (2022), How to Write Better Essays, 5th Edition. Bloomsbury Study Skills, p.285, [ISBN: 9781350337923].
  • Alex Osmond. (2016), Academic Writing and Grammar for Students, 2nd Edition. Sage Publications Limited, London, p.216, [ISBN: 9781473919365].
  • Trevor Day. (2018), Success in Academic Writing, 2nd Edition. Red Globe Press, London, p.156, [ISBN: 978-1-352-00204-1].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
  • Resuable Learning Object, Everitt- Reynolds, A., Delahunt, B., Maguire, M.. (2012), Finding your Academic Voice: A Students Guide to the Art of Academic Writing, National Digital Learning Repository,
    http://hdl.handle.net/10633/38999