This course is compulsory on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics and BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics and BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
Courses in Social Policy will follow the Teaching Model which has been adopted by the Department of Social Policy during the period of the pandemic. This is outlined HERE (https://www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy/Current-Students/teaching-in-the-department-of-social-policy).? This course will be taught through a combination of either a recorded lecture plus a follow-up Q and A session or a ?live? on-line lecture; and classes/seminars of 1-1.5 hours (with size and length of classes/seminars depending on social distancing requirements).Further information will be provided by the Course Convenor in the first lecture of the course.
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the MT and 1 essay in the LT. The essay in MT will be a short article critique (500 words), with a longer essay (1,000 words) due in LT. Students will receive feedback on both to help them build towards their final essay. Students will also make and receive feedback on a group presentation in MT, which will provide the basis for their assessed blogpost. Assessed quizzes as well as other class activities will provide further opportunities for students to check their learning.
Becker, S., Bryman, A. and Ferguson (2012) Understanding Research for Social Policy and Social Work: Themes, Methods and Approaches. 2nd Edition. London: Policy Press. Bryman, A. (2012) Social Research Methods, 4th edition. Oxford University Press. Della Porta, D. and Keating, M. (2008) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences. Cambridge: CUP. Gilbert, N. (2008) Researching Social Life 3rd ed. London: Sage.? Hill Collins, P. and Bilge, S. (2016) Intersectionality (Key Concepts). London: Polity Press. Howard, C. (2017) Thinking Like a Political Scientist. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Parkhurst, J. (2017) The Politics of Evidence: From evidence based policy to the good governance of evidence. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Essay (60%, 2000 words) in the ST. Blog post (20%) and quiz (20%) in the LT. Three forms of assessment will make up the overall grade for the course. Students will write up their group presentation on the relationship between research and policy in the form of a blogpost, due in Lent Term (20%) There will be two in-class quizzes on key terms and concepts during Lent Term; the better of the two quiz scores will count towards the grade (20%) Students will submit a 2,000 essay in Summer Term (60%).