Masterthesis Part 1

9 ECTS credits
270 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4022330DNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.

Semester

1st and 2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Multidisciplinary Institute for Teacher Education

Department

Multidisciplinary Institute for Teacher Education

Educational team

Iris Stiers
Inge Bogaert
Vicky Willegems
Promotor . (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
258 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Objective: In this module the research that will be carried out in Masterthesis part 2, will be prepared .

Topics & Supervisor: At the start of the first semester, the student receives a list of research topics. The students can choose a topic from this list that is linked to the subject of their master’s programme and/or their subject specific pedagogy. The student constructs a research plan and presents it to supervisor(s), peers and members of the academic staff.

Guidance by the teacher training program: In the course of the academic year, the teacher training programme organises research seminars in order to inform students about subject-specific and pedagogical research, education- specific research-paradigms and research methods.

Guidance by the supervisor: During the orientation (first semester), student and supervisor have a first meeting about the research subject and the content of the research plan. Among other things it is determined in what way the educational relevance can be realized and how the practical implementation may take place. In addition, agreements are also made with regards to the process (deadlines, guidance moments, seminars to be followed, etc).

A manual with additional information (deadlines, formatting rules, assessment and deviating (format) agreements specific to a research domain) may be found in the course room of this module on CANVAS.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Beschikbaar via Canvas
Handbook (Recommended) : Academisch schrijven tijdens de hogere opleiding, De pen is machtiger dan het zwaard, Cornelis, G., Pelckmans Pro, 9789463370608, 2017

Additional info

Students are expected to attend six research seminars within this module in order to prepare themselves as much as possible for practice.

Learning Outcomes

General competences

Programme specific learning outcomes

2, 14, 15, 18, 22

Learning outcomes

The student develops inquiry as a stance.
The student uses an academic style of writing with respect for the rules regarding scientific integrity (no plagiarism, respect for privacy rules, rules regarding the collection and storage of data).
The student can define a scientifically relevant research problem in consultation with the supervisor(s) and where relevant with members of the inquiry based team linked to an external organization or school.
The student is able to perform a systematic review within the international research literature in the field of education and critically select the relevant sources based on a quality assessment.
The student can make a compilation of the current finding in literature on the research topic and can convincingly demonstrate why further research is necessary and what the relevance of the research is for the educational practice.
The student is able to phrase relevant and univocal research questions for the research to be performed during the masterthesis which are scientifically relevant and provide added value to practice.
The student is able to, if relevant in consultation with an inquiry based team and the supervisor(s), to construct a relevant and realistic research plan that fits in the theoretical framework within which the problem is situated and where a methodology is proposed to answer the research question(s).
The student is able to present the research plan in a well-structured and appealing way to an audience of colleagues and defend certain choices that were made (e.g. paradigm choices, methodology).

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
Other determines 10% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Schriftelijk examen - werkstuk with a relative weight of 70 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Note: Het masterproefplan bestaat uit volgende delen:
• Inleiding op de masterproef: waarin een duidelijke
probleemstelling ontwikkeld is en de onderwijsrelevantie geduid
wordt, gebaseerd op wetenschappelijke literatuur.
• Onderzoeksplan: waarin het opzet van het onderzoek
beschreven wordt, m.i.v. onderzoeksvragen, onderzoeksdesign, methode, planning, analyses, etc.
Om te kunnen slagen voor dit opleidingsonderdeel dient de student een voldoende cijfer te behalen op zowel de inleiding als het onderzoeksplan.
De promotor (en desgevallend de tweede promotor) is (zijn) de beoordelaar(s).

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Presenteren with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Note: De student presenteert zijn masterproefplan aan medestudenten en promotoren binnen de educatieve master. De toehoorders peilen naar de methodologische inzichten/ keuzes en formuleren suggesties voor de uitvoering van het onderzoek.
De presentatie en het daaropvolgende gesprek worden beoordelend door de promotor of begeleider via de beoordelingswijzer.

Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Procesevaluatie with a relative weight of 10 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

Note: Bij de beoordeling van het proces worden volgende criteria in acht genomen met betrekking tot sociale en organisatorische vaardigheden:
• Contact begeleider
• Initiatief en volharding
• Planmatigheid en stiptheid
• Ethisch handelen
• Omgaan met feedback en kritiek
• Communicatie met onderzoeks- en werkveldpartners
Deze score wordt toegekend door hij/ zij die de begeleiding op zich nam. Voor de scorebepaling kan hij zich bijkomend laten informeren door relevante actoren (vb. wervkeldpartners die betrokken waren bij de valorisatie).

Additional info regarding evaluation

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context