Neftaly Online Course SAQA 11516698843

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit level outcome 1:
A broad range of social theory concerned with health and development is read and understood.
Intersections of health and development, and the challenge of bringing together applied engagements with political, ethical and critical perspectives are critically analysed.
Theoretical frameworks on research interests are applied.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit level outcome 2:
General interview strategies are understood and applied.
Inhibitors and facilitators of communication in interview situations are understood and identified.
Different techniques of interviewing, including structured interviewing, semi-structured interviewing, focus groups and unstructured interviewing are applied in time.
Interview ethics are identified, understood and applied.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit level outcome 3:
Principles of basic quantitative data analysis are applied.
A quantitative database is created and managed.
Basic quantitative data analysis is done.
Statistical procedures suitable for the purpose are determined.
Appropriate tables and graphs to visually present data are created.
Quantitative results are interpreted and presented in a form appropriate for research reports.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit level outcome 4:
The logic and process of conducting surveys is explained and basic survey is undertaken.
Basic questionnaires and various types of probability samples are designed and evaluated.
Implications of questionnaire design for analysis are understood.
Critical surveys undertaken by others are evaluated.
The nature of ethnographic research as a set of approaches to the qualitative study of people, their interactions, social structures and systems of meaning is understood.
A variety of qualitative research methods and techniques are identified and used.
Current debates concerning some of the core concepts fundamental to the understanding of ethnographic research are followed.
Ethnographic research project is started.
Ethnographic texts are analysed in terms of methodology and its linkages to theory and analysis.
Appropriate research methods in specific research settings are decided upon and aligned with a research problem.

Integrated Assessment:
More than one assessment is required per module. Assessments will include class tests, short assignments during tutorials, class participation, longer written assignments based on case studies prior to or after the contact week of a particular module. Learners will be required to read assigned texts before each class session. The assessment activities during the contact week are structured to inform the development of the larger assignment. Assessment also includes practical research projects, especially in the longer assignments (depends on the aims and nature of a particular module). For some modules activities will be completed.

Assessment of experiential learning (within the Service Learning component of the optional elective – Community Development) is integrated with the overall module assessments, and is linked to a brief research assignment. The service-learning component is in line with institutional practice and policy.

Consistent with the University’s policy, the qualification coordinator will ensure that the outcomes of the qualification are achieved; that appropriate assessment criteria and methods are used; that integrated assessment takes place; and that learner feedback on modules and the qualification as a whole is followed up. The Department will ensure that assessment standards are upheld and that lecturers have sufficient and appropriate training and/or experience.