Postgraduate - UnitEDF5099 - Education research project

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Clayton Summer semester A 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Scott Bulfin

Synopsis

The education research project develops students' capacities to generate and analyse evidence as a basis of professional practice. Through engagement in a research process, students investigate an issue of relevance to the core work of teaching and learning. They design and execute an individual research project in a related area with appropriate supervision. The project articulates its design elements, includes a critical review of relevant research literature, an appropriate explication of its methodological position and analysis of data. Students consider the application of the research findings to the core work of teaching and learning within a particular educational setting.

Outcomes

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

locate a research concern within a relevant body of academic scholarship
review a particular field and identify implications for research design
focus a research project on a selected research methodology
draw out the significance of research findings and demonstrate implications for the work of teaching and learning
apply research processes which demonstrate ethical procedures and academic conventions
demonstrate a capacity to engage in reflective, critical discussion of the relevant research area
communicate research findings to an academic audience.

Assessment

Research report A (5000 words, 50%)
Research report B (5000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester comprising:

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

equivalent to 36 hours engagement in online, face-to-face or blended platforms

(b.) Contact hours for off-campus students:

equivalent to 36 hours engagement in online or blended platforms

(c.) Additional requirements (all students)

independent study to make up the minimum required hours per semester

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Alan Reid

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

Early years education
Primary education
Secondary education