Enquiry into Practice
INTRODUCTION
The Enquiry into Practice module is the culmination of your studies in Education. Your Enquiry into Practice is an independent project during which you will perform an in-depth study of an aspect of education of your choice that relates to teaching practice.
It is designed to enable you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge you have gained as an autonomous and engaged student, and to apply your knowledge to generate new understandings of educational practices. The module leads to the completion of an extended written assignment of not more than 7000 words.
The topic:
Why are teachers’ professional ethics important in education?
Structure of the essay
You will produce between an extended assignment of between 5000 and 7000 words.
A simple way to plan the assignment would be to include the following sections:
Title
Your chosen title can be a question or describe the topic in a few words
Introduction to the essay (approx. 500 words)
Identify the key topic of the assignment and provide a brief outline of the essay content
Scope out the topic (approx. 2000 words)
Review the main published research that you have read on your topic of choice
Identify key point from your reading that you intend to apply to your critical analysis
Describe what the main published research on your topic of choice has previously found
Focus on published research directly relevant to your topic. This may mean research from elsewhere in the world.
