SH6058 - Academic skills & literacy: effective critical thinking (2024/25)
Module specification | Module approved to run in 2024/25 | ||||||||
Module title | Academic skills & literacy: effective critical thinking | ||||||||
Module level | Honours (06) | ||||||||
Credit rating for module | 15 | ||||||||
School | School of Social Sciences and Professions | ||||||||
Total study hours | 150 | ||||||||
|
|||||||||
Assessment components |
|
||||||||
Running in 2024/25(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) | No instances running in the year |
Module summary
This module aims to enable students to:
- Further apply prior knowledge and relate specific knowledge and skills to continuing development of academic literacy and skills
This module builds on knowledge and skills acquired in the first and second years of the course and specifically on the academic skills acquired in SH4053 Academic skills/literacy: finding & presenting information and SH5054 Academic skills/literacy: Developing critical thinking. In this, the last of three academic skills and literacy modules in the course, students will extend their academic literacy and skills to enable them to produce work appropriate to this academic level with specific emphasis on the standard of work required by SH6P06 Project.
Syllabus
Some of the key areas include:
Use of appropriate techniques to analyse complex information from competing resources.
Development of ability to manufacture an argument at dissertation level.
Reconciling contradictory conclusions.
Devising novel solutions.
Judging the reliability, validity and significance of evidence to support conclusions and/or recommendations
Learning Outcomes LO 1 - 4
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
Seminars and workshops will provide students with opportunities to practice specific academic techniques and approaches in a supported and supportive environment. Sessions will also provide opportunities for students to discuss their knowledge and previous experience, helping them to make links between practical and theoretical understanding, as they further develop their academic skills and literacy. Opportunities are provided for individual sessions with tutors to discuss, appraise and plan student’s personal and professional development.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the knowledge base for health and social care practice.
2. Analyses new and/or abstract data using established approaches appropriate to health and social care.
3. Evaluate the reliability, validity and significance of evidence to support conclusions and/or recommendations and suggests reasons for contradictory data/results.
4. Apply knowledge, synthesising ideas or information to generate novel solutions.
Assessment strategy
The aim of this assessment is to collaboratively use the academic skills learnt in this module to showcase effective critical thinking and carry out an in-depth analysis of an academic journal article within the context of health and social care (HSC) practice.
You will work as a team in groups of 4-6 members to collectively select and agree on one academic journal article related to HSC practice. Each group will have 15-20 minutes to present their work using PowerPoint slides. Your aim is to deliver a comprehensive critical analysis of the chosen article, aligning with the module’s learning outcomes:
1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the knowledge base for health and social care practice.
2. Analyses new and/or abstract data using established approaches appropriate to health and social care.
3. Evaluate the reliability, validity and significance of evidence to support conclusions and/or recommendations and suggest reasons for contradictory data/results.
4. Apply knowledge, synthesising ideas or information to generate novel solutions.
To demonstrate individual engagement and contributions, each team must create a task plan outlining individual task allocations and their timeline for developing the presentation materials. Each team member is also required to contribute an individual reflective element. This reflective piece should capture personal reflections on the process of conducting the analysis, emphasising on the importance of appraising data in evidence-based practice within HSC practice. The task plan and the individual reflections should be inserted as the final slides in your PowerPoint slides (after the reference list slide). Submit your PowerPoint slides via the module’s Weblearn submission link.
Bibliography
https://rl.talis.com/3/londonmet/lists/5006650E-E81D-6BA1-8102-383175C9B104.html?lang=en-gb