Description:
| Aims: This unit aims to: Build on the learning and planning carried out in the Research Methods and Design unit, and to facilitate the implementation of a small-scale research project, addressing the theoretical, ethical, logistical and other practical issues that arise. The Unit will introduce students to the coherent reporting and discussion of research findings.
Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit, the learner will demonstrate the ability to:
* Implement and evaluate a small-scale practitioner based enquiry.
* Select, apply and evaluate an appropriate research method and relevant techniques.
* Recognise the limits and effects of their own knowledge and skills in undertaking a small-scale piece of research.
* Report the findings of a study, discussing what the results indicate, the limits of the study and directions for future research.
Skills: * Solve theoretical and practical problems that have occurred, or are likely to occur, when carrying out the role of student researcher in an Addictions Counselling setting.
* Collation of the information necessary for investigating a research problem.
* Analysis of comparative issues necessary for investigation and project completion.
* Development of the skill of writing an argument.
Content: This unit concentrates on:
* The application of introductory research knowledge to professional practice in addictions treatment.
* Identification of the framework within which a question will be investigated or task performed
* Selection and justification of appropriate methods and procedures.
* Discovering how research can illuminate, clarify, and evaluate a relevant issue, and understanding the limitations of research.
* Development of self as a reflective practitioner.
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