ES3217 - mid semester evaluation 4.11.10.

 

12 evaluations received: 23 students in the group - survey conducted on the day this module's assignment was due and also co-incided with other level 6 assignment due-dates.

In order to convey a more general picture I have joined together those comments that seemed to be very similar, but have tried to retain most of the variety coming from the individual responses.

Most of the points made will be reviewed on the 18th. If there any further comments that you want to make, please e-mail either myself or Emile.

 

Learning Resources

Learning resources good, both on website and through hand-outs (2)

Really good set of hand-outs, but need more explanation of the module structure (2)

Lecture notes too lengthy (2)

Lecture notes do not match what is talked about in the lecture - need to be more specific (8)

Add directed reading for each lecture (4)

Too much information given at times (1)

Student Support and Guidance

Good e-mail support and guidance available (5)

Lecturers always avaialble for tutorials (5)

Good tutorial experience (3)

Absence of support (1)

Need more bullet points and direct links to the essay (1)

More essay guidance needed (3)

Add PowerPoints to reflect upon for visual interest, summary of important points, and recap of theorists (7)

Student Progression and Achievement

I am struggling to make progress (2)

I do not understand the structure of this module (3)

I am not interested in science so I am finding the module hard despite the explanations and hand-outs (3)

Found the start difficult to relate to the subject, but now feel that I am getting to grips with it (1)

Feel that the title is misleading and so I am not sure I have made as much progress as I would have liked (3)

Do not feel as though have made any progress and so my overall marks may be reduced (1)

Curriculum Design and Organisation

Links to early childhood need to be clearer (1)

Would be good to relate to present practice (1)

Would have liked to have seen more focus on 'the loss of childhood' (2)

Essay titles need more focus (4)

The content of the course is minimal (1)

Sometimes we are given information that is irrelevant to the essays (need to focus on relevant information) (4)

Teaching Learning and Assessment

Teaching needs to relate more closely to assignments (4)

Points made with no clarification (1)

The module content does not seem to relate to 'the loss of childhood' (2)

Not enough variety (1)

Any other comments

Better room needed - too far from main building and too noisy (1)

Interesting discussions, but not always directly related to assignment so difficult to be sure if the ideas should be included (1)

I think we should have been informed that it would have helped to do the second year module (1)

 

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