Postgraduate - UnitEDF5912 - Researching professional practice

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Not offered in 2012
Coordinator(s)	TBA

Synopsis

This core unit is designed for early childhood professionals in order to enhance their own professional practice. Students/professionals engage in a critical analysis of early childhood research that informs their practice and the practice of others. The characteristics of early childhood educational research are discussed, particularly as this relates to constructing appropriate questions or problems for investigation, critical review of literature, and research design. Students/ professionals engage with early childhood research that challenges traditional thinking. The unit provides a framework for students/professionals to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the body of knowledge in their specific professional fields. They investigate the complex areas of professionalism and praxis.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will have developed:

To critically read and analyse early childhood research literature
Understand the relationship between epistemology, methods, methodology of early childhood research
Understand ethical practice in early childhood research
Conduct the research on their own professional
Use practitioner research to inform praxis

Assessment

Assessment 1: Written assignment - 4000 words (50%); and
Assessment 2: Written assignment - 4000 words (50%)

Chief examiner(s)

TBA

Contact hours

Equivalent to an average of 24 hours per week including 3 contact hours