Acknowledgements
This free course was written by Eric Addae-Kyeremeh and Payam Rezaie.
Some of the content in this session has been redeveloped from the following resources:
Open University, ‘Preparing for postgraduate study’
Open University, ‘Skills for OU study: time management’
Rezaie, P. (2015) ‘Part-time distance learning and studying for a Master’s’, presented at the London Postgraduate Study Fair (Senate House, 29 January 2015), organised by FindAMasters.com and FindAPhD.com
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Week 1
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Boxes 1 and 2: extracts from: The Quality Assurance for Higher Education (QAA) (2015a) ‘Master’s Degree Characteristics Statement’ [Online]. Available at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/ en/ Publications/ Documents/ Masters-Degree-Characteristics-15.pdf www.qaa.ac.uk
Activity 3 Extract 1: from The Quality Assurance for Higher Education (QAA) (2014) ‘UK Quality Code for Higher Education Part A: Setting and Maintaining Academic Standards; the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies’ [Online]. Available at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/ en/ Publications/ Documents/ qualifications-frameworks.pdf www.qaa.ac.uk
Activity 3 Extract 2: from The Quality Assurance for Higher Education ( QAA) (2014) ‘UK Quality Code for Higher Education Part A: Setting and Maintaining Academic Standards; the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies’ [Online]. Available at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/ en/ Publications/ Documents/ qualifications-frameworks.pdf www.qaa.ac.uk
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Tables
Table 1: based on The Quality Assurance for Higher Education QAA (2015b) ‘Qualifications can cross boundaries: a guide to comparing qualifications in the UK and Ireland’ [Online]. Available at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/ en/ publications/ documents/ qualifications-can-cross-boundaries.pdf www.qaa.ac.uk
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Week 2
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Figure 1: adapted from: Syed, N., Scoular, A. and Reaney, L. (2012) ‘Faculty of public health tips on writing effective reflective notes’, Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom
Figure 4: adapted from Gibbs, G. (1988) Learning by Doing: A Guide to Teaching and Learning Methods, Further Education Unit, Oxford.
Figure 5: adapted from: Atkins, S. and Murphy, K. (1993) ‘Reflection: a review of the literature’, Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 18, pp. 1188–1192.
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Week 3
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Figure 1: adapted from: Bloom, B.S. (ed.) (1956) Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Handbook 1, Cognitive Domain, London, Longman.
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Week 4
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Activity 1: Archard, (2013) Adolescent Leadership: The Female Voice in Education Management Administration and Leadership 41(3) 336-351. Published by Sage
Box 1: extract from: Smith, B. and Goldblatt, D. (2004) ‘Whose health is it anyway?’ in Hinchliffe, S. and Woodward, K. (eds) The Natural and the Social: Uncertainty, Risk, Change, 2nd edn, Milton Keynes, Routledge/The Open University.
Tables
Table 2: adapted from: Cottrell, S. (1999) The Study Skills Handbook, London, Macmillan.
Audio-visual
Analysis of Archard article: © The Open University and its licensor
Week 7
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Figures 2 and 3: adapted from Syed, N., Scoular, A. and Reaney, L. (2012) Faculty of Public Health Tips on Writing Effective Reflective Notes London, Faculty of Public health of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom.
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Tables
Table 2: adapted from: Cottrell, S. (2013) The Study Skills Handbook, 4th edn, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers.
Week 8
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Activity 1: extract from Chase, N. L., Sui, X. and Blair, S. N. (2008a) ‘Comparison of the health aspects of swimming with other types of physical activity and sedentary lifestyle habits’, International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 151–61. And Chase, N. L., Sui, X. and Blair, S. N. (2008b) ‘Swimming and all-cause mortality risk compared with running, walking and sedentary habits in men’, International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 213–22.
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