Disseminating research 1.S2.MLA.22

Course objectives
- familiarising with ways of developing own research project
- familiarising with ways of communicating own research results in writing
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Course content
1. Communicating the framework for their research design by explaining key terms and choosing the adequate theoretical and research-based foundations.
2. Communicating how students carry out a critical analysis and interpretation and how they select the approptiate methodology for their study.
3. Sharing datasets and explaining how students collect their data, compile a corpus, or select a sample of communications analysed in their project.
4. Drafting and revising communications aimed at various audiences (experts and general audiences).
5. Infographics, visualizations, figures and tables to enhance the clarity of research results.
6. Multimedia technologies to present research project.
7. Ways to increase the visibility of own research through applications and social networks.
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
multimedia presentation, case study, analysis and discussion of representative examples, writing, ICT tools/MSTeams

Field of study

Master of Liberal Arts

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties: total number of ECTS = 5 1 ects = 30h in class 0,5 ects = 15 h for consultations 3,5 ects = 100 h for preparation for class

Study level

MA level studies

Education profile

full time studies academic profile

Type of course

obligatory courses

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 3

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali

Course coordinators

Term 2023/24-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf

Term 2022/23-Z:

Michał Wanke

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019

Knowledge:
Students know and understand
1. advanced sampling and data processing techniques characteristic of academic activity in the selected discipline (k_W10/P7S_WG)
2. advanced methods of analysis and interpretation of texts, discourses and cultural products/practices (k_W11/P7S_WG)
3. advanced methods of analysis of human beings as social agents within larger social structures and of rules according to which they function (k_W12/P7S_WG)
4. political and ethical, economic and regulatory challenges connected with interdisciplinary research paradigms and their applications (k_W14/P7S_WK)

Skills:
Students can
5. formulate original research questions and design research to address unusual interdisciplinary problems when disseminating own research in writing (k_U04/P7S_UW)
6. carry out an in-depth critical interpretation of selected texts and works of culture in order to evaluate their effectiveness and impact in the historical and cultural context when disseminating own research in writing (k_U09/P7S_UW)
7. apply a normative social paradigm in order to explain and solve a selected problem within social science and relate the solution to a particular category of social relations or social norms when disseminating own research in writing(k_U10/P7S_UW)
8. individually plan and carry out one’s own complex learning assignment (including life-long learning tasks), adjust learning techniques to changing circumstances and available sources and tools when disseminating own research in writing (k_U16/P7S_UU)

Social competences:
Students are ready to
9. critically assess incoming information, acknowledge merits and limitations of various viewpoints, theories, methods and research results in their dissemination of own research (k_K02/P7S_KK)
10. recognise the role of interdisciplinarity and cooperation in solving practical problems when disseminating own research in writing (k_K04/P7S_KK)
11. think and act resourcefully and creatively when disseminating own research in writing (k_K05/P7S_KK)
12. fulfil social obligations by organising interventions or actions for the community through skillful dissemination of own research (k_K06/P7S_KK)

Assessment criteria

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes

1. Active participation of classes - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,8,10)
2. Written sections of MA research project (argument, academic register, language and style) - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12)
3. Multimodal dissemination of MA research project (poster, slideshow, video abstract) - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12)

pass at 60% of the final grade

Bibliography

Reading list:
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/how-to-disseminate-your-research/19951
https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/fulltext/2018/03000/getting_the_word_out__new_approaches_for.4.aspx

Additional information

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