Magister Artium - MA (Psychology) / Honours students in Psychology typically form larger cohorts with numbers ranging from 20
to 40 students in comparison to other disciplines that have fewer than 10 students in a cohort.
The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) requires Honours students to complete a
thesis that is equivalent to 300 notional hours or 30 credits. The learning outcome is that
students conduct low level research that prepares them for conceptualizing, executing and
writing up a research project. The thesis requirement should also prepare them for future
studies. The larger cohorts and revised NQF thesis requirement places increased pressure on
the staff compliment of Psychology departments. Some of the ways in which departments
have attempted to cope with this increased demand include conducting group-based research
projects, and secondary research projects. One of the concerns raised is whether these
particular types of methodology prepared students adequately for reactive research in further
studies. This study aimed to explore students' subjective perceptions about the extent to
which group-based systematic review methodology in the Honours year adequately prepared
students for conducting research during their masters-level studies. An explorative study was
conducted to explore the experiences of purposively selected recent graduates from two
identified Honours programmes that have progressed to Masters level studies. Participants
were invited on the basis of being graduates or alumni rather than their registration status as
Masters students at particular universities.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6281 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Swart, Celeste |
| Contributors | Smith, Mario R. |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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