research cycle foundation
The Research Cycle: Foundation is a 10 credit, NFQ level 9 qualification offered by the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT).
Learning Outcomes
- Design an individualised research plan
- Formulate and construct a research proposal
- Conduct a comprehensive and critical literature review
- Implement skills in scholarly academic writing
- Produce a literature-based, scholarly journal article
- Illustrate reflective processes, through the medium of online forum contributions
research cycle applied
The Research Cycle: Applied is a 15 credit, NFQ level 9 qualification offered by the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and builds upon The Research Cycle: Foundation module.
Learning Outcomes
- Design a detailed research plan and corresponding research proposal for small scale primary research which builds upon Research Cycle Foundation learning outcomes
- Critically assess primary research terminology, frameworks, methodologies and methods, to an advanced level
- Competently conduct and document ethically appropriate primary research, demonstrating triangulation
- Write a journal article which incorporates both secondary and primary research
- Present a research conference paper at a GMIT research conference, as a live-project assessment
- Demonstrate problem-solving and reflective critical thinking, in dialogue with the literature, in the context of on-going forum discussions
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