Postgraduate - UnitEDF5592 - Undertaking research in education for sustainability

This unit focuses on requirements for the effective execution of a research design as a means of collecting data to facilitate meaning-making. Research is fundamental to generating authentic, new and timely knowledge, so as to guide and inform policies and practices. Students are made aware of the implications of relevant sociocultural and ethical contexts on how meaning is interpreted. Qualitative and quantitative data are considered, when they are gathered separately in different research studies, as well as when they are gathered sequentially or simultaneously in the same research study. Discussions focus on 'traditional' research methods (such as surveys) and emerging ones (such as videos and photographs) in physical or virtual forms of research representation. Students develop their research skills through evaluative work on prior, related studies, as well as have the opportunity to consider the data collection process in response to a specific concern of relevance to their respective professional or educational contexts.