Problem_solving |
Locating and assessing primary source materials. Assessed through the essays. |
Research skills |
Seminar discussion and essay-writing. The latter is formally assessed. |
Communication |
Locating and assessing primary source materials. Assessed through the essays. |
Improving own Learning and Performance |
Written work will be returned in tutorials where advice will be given on improving students¿ research techniques and essay writing skills. |
Team work |
Students will work together in seminar preparation and discussion |
Information Technology |
Locating source materials and surveying the historiography on the subject uses of various search tools. Essay-writing and presentation |
Application of Number |
Students will be presented with some statistical data during the seminars and the appropriate use of such statistics will form part of the assessment of the written work. |
Personal Development and Career planning |
This module will help develop written and oral skills. Other activities, including research, assessment of information and writing in a critical and clear manner, will further develop useful skills of analysis and presentation. Studying the module puts students in direct contact with librarians and archivists at the National Library and elsewhere in the course of researching the location of primary sources and the development of the historiography |
Subject Specific Skills |
Develop a knowledge of, and familiarity with, a range of different sources evidencing the development of the 19th-century exhibition. |