SSJ38300 Using Research for Social Justice

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module will support learners to use research critically and confidently for the purposes of social justice advocacy and campaigning. During the module learners will draw on a social justice lens to critically engage with research evidence and consider how it can be used in working towards social justice. Learners will develop their skills in database searching and in synthesising and critically reviewing research literature on topics related to social justice. Individuals will produce reports based on critical review of literature on a selected topic related to social justice. Individual reports will provide the basis for a group report (in poster form) which presents recommendations for social justice advocacy/campaigning and for future research based on findings from the research literature.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completing this module students should be able to:
- understand the significance of social research to advancing social justice
- explain and critique different approaches to research from a social justice perspective
- synthesise and critique existing research on social issues using a social justice lens
- utilise existing research to promote understanding about the causes and/or consequences of / solutions to social injustice
- utilise existing research critically and effectively in social justice advocacy and campaigning
- - collaborate effectively in using research to advance social justice

Indicative Module Content:

Research through a social justice lens; critically appraising research; doing a literature review; using research for social justice advocacy and campaigning

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

24
Autonomous Student Learning

150
Total

198
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, workshops, group and individual activities 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Individual report based on critical review of literature on a topic related to social justice. Unspecified n/a Graded No

75
Group Project: Group work and group poster and presentation Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

25

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr John McGuire Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Spring
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31 Mon 14:00 - 15:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 21 Mon 14:00 - 15:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 32, 33 Mon 14:00 - 15:50
Spring