EDF5614 · Research project in education

Overview

This unit extends the work done in EDF5613 and provides support for you to develop, carry out and write up a short research project in education, or a related discipline. During the course, group supervision (working together with an experienced supervisor) will be arranged and you will undertake a small-scale research project of up to 10,000 words. The scope of research topics will depend on available teaching staff. Unit staff will guide you through the development, implementation, data collection, and writing up of your project. Through the research project, you are required to demonstrate competence in understanding and conducting research in a field of study. This will be guided by methodological interests identified in EDF5613 (e.g. survey, case study, discourse analysis, narrative inquiry, practitioner research).

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. locate a research concern within a relevant body of academic scholarship
2. review the research literature in a particular field
3. design an appropriately scoped research project, based on sound methodological choices
4. conduct a small-scale research project in a selected research methodology
5. use research processes with due regard to ethical procedures and academic conventions
6. demonstrate a capacity to engage in reflective, critical discussion of the relevant research area.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 18 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, 18 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study; OR • 18 hours of scheduled learning delivered synchronously online, and 18 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^ ^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.