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Area/Catalogue
EDUC 3050

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
100678

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Education

Course aim

To enable students to critically review research literature in education, and the methods used in educational research.

Course content

Students will adopt an inquiry approach to teaching practice and formulate research questions and hypotheses. The students will undertake bibliographical searches using the web to locate research resources, choosing a research method, research ethics, quantitative and qualitative methods, analysing data, writing and referencing for publication, trialling and reporting on research methods.

Textbook(s)

Lambert, M 2012, A beginner's guide to doing your education research project, SAGE Publications Ltd, University of Wolverhampton, UK

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture 1 hour x 9 weeks
Seminar 2 hours x 9 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External (Online activities) 3 hours x 9 weeks
EXTERNAL, MT GAMBIER, ONLINE
External (Online activities) 3 hours x 9 weeks
External (On-campus support) N/A x as required
EXTERNAL, WHYALLA, ONLINE
External (Online activities) 3 hours x 9 weeks
External (On-campus support) N/A x as required

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Literature review, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

Dr Tom Stehlik
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