units

EDF3808

Faculty of Education

Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedClayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Professor Neil Selwyn

Synopsis

This unit builds on EDF2803 Learning and researching in work-related contexts, to introduce students to the notion of different perspectives or paradigms in adult and workplace learning research. Students will be exposed to key concepts, traditions and methodologies in research, including positivism, interpretivism and alternative approaches to knowledge production. The unit extends students' appreciation of research as having different forms and purposes and being constructed through different theoretical and methodological frameworks.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate a stronger appreciation of research as a process of knowledge production and its relevance to practice in adult and workplace education
  2. show a broad understanding of research perspectives and approaches
  3. demonstrate an awareness of their own positions in relation to different research traditions and methodologies
  4. have an appreciation of the research craft, including research design, methods, ethical principles and presentation.

Assessment

Research proposal (40%)
Research portfolio (60%)

Chief examiner(s)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 24 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • 18 contact hours per semester
  • 6 hours of online activity per semester

(b.) Additional requirements

  • independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week

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