Postgraduate - UnitEDF4610 - Interacting with research in education contexts

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Flexible) Clayton Second semester 2015 (Flexible) Hong Kong Term 3 2015 (Online) Singapore Term 3 2015 (Online)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Dat Bao (Clayton); Dr Leone Wheeler (Hong Kong, Singapore)

Synopsis

This unit orientates students to the field of education and engages them with academic traditions and scholarly practices in the field of education at the postgraduate level. Students review academic texts and research papers which represent diverse standpoints in understanding education. Students examine how education researchers position themselves within the field in terms of different theories and understandings of education. Students develop capacities in critical reading, analysis and synthesis and use these to prepare their own well-crafted and well-supported academic arguments in written and oral forms. Through this unit, students explore a topic or theme of interest to them, critically review the evidence related to it and practise building an academic argument related to this theme.

Outcomes

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

identify a range of standpoints that characterise some key ideas in the field of education
critically read academic texts related to education research and identify the main theories and concepts which underpin these texts
conduct a review of academic literature in response to a thematic issue or question
build a convincing argument using education research and present this argument in both spoken and written form
demonstrate familiarity with academic practices and conventions that support academic engagement in the field of education.

Assessment

Online learning activities (1500 word equivalent, 10%)
Annotated bibliography (2000 words, 20%)
Oral presentation (1500 word equivalent, 20%) leading to a critical essay (3000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Flexible mode offers a stand-alone online offering that allows students to learn and engage in content and assessment in a supported way. It also provides a face-to-face component of 18 hours over the semester to engage students with the online learning content, which students can attend if they are able and interested.

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for flexible students:

18 contact hours and 18 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester or
36 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester

(b.) Requirements for offshore Kaplan based students:

one intensive block (usually from Thursday to Sunday)
at least fourteen hours of online study per term

(c.) Additional requirements (all students):

independent study to meet the minimum required hours per semester

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Marianne Turner

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Adult learning
Digital learning
Early childhood education
Educational leadership and policy
Expert teaching practice
General education studies
Inclusive and special education
Leadership
TESOL