Module Details
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Title PHYSICS EDUCATION PROJECT (MPHYS)
Code PHYS468
Coordinator Dr HL Vaughan
Central Teaching Laboratory
H.L.Vaughan@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 7 FHEQ Whole Session 30

Aims

This module aims to provide students with experience of working independently on an original, real world physics-related problem planning, managing and conducting their own project designing,creating and testing an educational resource related to physics investigating and drawing conclusions on the value of their designed resource presenting and defending their results in written and oral form

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) By the end of the module students will be able to

(LO2) identify and critically explain, with reference to the forefront of professional practice, a current nationally or internationally recognised educational challenge linked to physics

(LO3) design and create a substantial original educational resource (or set of resources) predicted to overcome a nationally or internationally recognised educational challenge linked to physics 

(LO4) critically evaluate and draw valid conclusions to justify their educational resource with reference to systematically taken data and/or current literature and advanced scholarship 

(LO5) define and execute their own project, develop and review a project plan and schedule time to meet deadlines 

(LO6) communicate the conclusions of the project concisely, accurately and informatively 

(S1) Communication skills

(S2) Investigative Skills

(S3) Problem solving skills

(S4) Ethical awareness

(S5) Personal Skills

Syllabus
 

The project will seek to overcome a nationally recognised education challenge related to physics e.g. to bridge a gap between A-Level and Higher Education.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Project
Description: Education development project
Attendance Recorded: No
Notes: The project will be included in your timetable to allow the university to schedule other lectures. It is time scheduled for your project and your semester 1 placement. You are expected to schedule your project work around your school placements. You will be expected to spend approximately 1 day per week on your project.
Unscheduled Directed Student Hours (time spent away from the timetabled sessions but directed by the teaching staff): 24

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           108

24

 132
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 168
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Project work, Project Outcomes and Report (Supervisor) There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (  Student directed ~ 7    50       
Project Outcomes and Report (Second assessor: Recognised University teacher) There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment.   Student directed ~75    30       
Poster about project and interview with academic staff There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (  180 minute poster se    20       

Recommended Texts
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