2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

GEND5101M Researching Gender

30 creditsClass Size: 25

Module manager: Dr Sally Hines
Email: s.hines@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module will provide students with the opportunity to focus on researching gender with a particular emphasis on feminist research practices. In exploring a range of disciplinary perspectives on such practices it will focus on epistemological, methodological and ethical considerations which will run throughout the module. In particular it will be concerned with these considerations in relation to research design and methods. Students will also be encouraged to think beyond disciplinary boundaries and to develop an understanding of the possibilities of interdisciplinary research. They will be introduced to key aspects of gender and feminist research through a variety of teaching, learning and assessment methods. Throughout the module tutors will draw upon a wide range of international research, including their own work and that of colleagues from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies.Students will be particularly encouraged to develop critical and analytical skills through review and discussion of such research. Students will be expected to work collaboratively and independently on a range of tasks and assessment activities in order to develop skills, knowledge and understanding which they can utilise in devising their own research proposals, and in their future studies and employment.

Objectives

At the end of this module students should be able to:
- identify the epistemological underpinnings of gender and feminist research;
- understand the ethical debates surrounding feminist research;
- critically analyse research practice from a gender and/or feminist perspective;
- review and critically appraise research findings;
- synthesise information and knowledge from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary sources and perspectives;
- devise a research proposal suitable for study at Masters level;
- use ITC-based resources.

During the course of the module students will also have had the opportunity to:
- engage with a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary viewpoints on research practice;
- demonstrate knowledge of a range of methodologies and strategies for researching gender;
- develop skills, knowledge and understanding which will support further research in their specialist area;
- experience a range of learning/teaching methods;
- develop presentation skills;
- demonstrate their developing skills, knowledge and understanding in a variety of learning and assessment contexts.

Syllabus

This module will provide students with the opportunity to focus on researching gender with a particular emphasis on feminist research practices. In exploring a range of disciplinary perspectives on such practices it will focus on epistemological, methodological and ethical considerations which will run throughout the module. In particular it will be concerned with these considerations in relation to research design and methods.

Students will also be encouraged to think beyond disciplinary boundaries and to develop an understanding of the possibilities of interdisciplinary research. They will be introduced to key aspects of gender and feminist research through a variety of teaching, learning and assessment methods. Throughout the module tutors will draw upon a wide range of international research, including their own work and that of colleagues from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies.

Students will be particularly encouraged to develop critical and analytical skills through review and discussion of such research. Students will be expected to work collaboratively and independently on a range of tasks and assessment activities in order to develop skills, knowledge and understanding which they can utilise in devising their own research proposals, and in their future studies and employment.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Presentation	10	1.00	10.00
Seminar	9	2.00	18.00
Tutorial	4	1.00	4.00
Private study hours			268.00
Total Contact hours			32.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Individual presentations (10 mins max to take place at the end of the course)	20.00
Written Work	1 x 1,000 word book review (to be handed in at the end of week four of the course)	20.00
Report	Research Proposal Report (to be handed in at the end of term 1 January)	60.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 04/09/2015

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