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Unit of Study EDU02001 - What is Educational Research? (2020)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    24

  • AQF level

    10

  • Level of learning

    Intermediate

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    Attendance at the intensive workshops is compulsory for this unit. There are two × two-day on-site workshops (4 days in total) on the Gold Coast campus.

Unit description

Orients students to the principles, processes and 'languages' of research and its core purposes in education. Real world research examples with significant impact, which are deeply embedded in education settings, feature in the unit, with a view to initiating students to the domain of educational research and to building their own research identities.

Unit content

  • What is Educational Research?
  • The tradition and role of research in education.
  • What are the languages and processes of Educational Research?
  • How is Educational Research distinct from educational evaluation?
  • Case studies of successful Educational Research that have transformed schools, teaching, learning and children and young people's lives.
  • The issue of impact in Educational Research.
  • Contemporary controversies in Educational Research.

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2020

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 identify the concepts, languages and processes of Educational Research
2 critically engage with a range of historical and contemporary Educational Research forms and examples
3 understand concepts of impact and influence in Educational research
4 analyse and understand a range of Educational Research examples and controversies

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

  1. identify the concepts, languages and processes of Educational Research
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:
  2. critically engage with a range of historical and contemporary Educational Research forms and examples
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  3. understand concepts of impact and influence in Educational research
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. analyse and understand a range of Educational Research examples and controversies
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4: