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Unit of Study EDU00751 - Critical Literature Review (2017)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    9

  • Level of learning

    Advanced

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to develop organisational research skills and investigate critically the literature relating to an agreed area with a view to identifying research possibilities. Students are assisted to develop skills in academic writing, setting up Styles in Word, establishing a bibliographic database, accessing information sources, managing a literature review and structuring an argument through a literature review. An essential requirement of this unit will be a critical review of the literature in an agreed area leading to the identification of research possibilities.

Unit content

  • Foundational research skills
  • The nature and purpose of a critical literature review
  • Researching a topic - accessing information sources, literature search strategies, managing the literature review process etc.
  • Writing a literature review, including structuring an argument through a literature review.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 1,  2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 locate information relevant to a topic of your choice
2 analyse and critique information relevant to a topic of your choice
3 formulate and write a well-structured literature review
4 demonstrate sound organisational, referencing and citation skills.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. locate information relevant to a topic of your choice
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  2. analyse and critique information relevant to a topic of your choice
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:
  3. formulate and write a well-structured literature review
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate sound organisational, referencing and citation skills.
    • GA1:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.