B.Ed. (Hons.) Dissertation guidebook

Abstract

Preface: The B.Ed. (Hons.) Dissertation Committee (DC) is happy to present the second edition of the B.Ed. (Hons.) Dissertation Guidebook. The purpose of the guidebook is to assist students and staff involved in the Dissertation study-unit, which is valued at 12 credits (ECTS, i.e. 300 hours of work). Normally, students are expected to work on this study-unit from the second semester of the 2nd year till the 4th / final year of studies. The rationale for the undergraduate Dissertation study-unit is to introduce students to academic research and academic report writing in education. To this effect, the first Dissertations & Projects Guidelines were published by the Faculty of Education (FoE) University of Malta (UoM) in 1998. These were compiled by Dr Valerie Sollars, Mr Charles Calleja, Mr Mario Camilleri, Ms Tania Muscat and Ms Lilian Sciberras, providing guidance and advice with regard to report writing for dissertations. [excerpt]