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Unit of Study OST93001 - Translating Research into Practice (2020)

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Unit description

Develops students' ability to disseminate their research findings, including communicating them verbally and in writing appropriate to an identified audience and to promote uptake of research findings in practice.  

Unit content

Topic 1: Measuring the impact of research

Topic 2: Translating research into practice

Topic 3: Writing for publication

Topic 4: Conference presentations (oral and poster)

Topic 4:  Industry-research nexus

Topic 5:  Implications of research – educational implications, further research

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Lismore
Session2
Session2

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 critically appraise the impact of practice-based research
2 create a strategy to translate research findings into practice
3 synthesise key literature, research approaches and findings into verbal and written forms that clearly communicate the research outcomes in a manner that is appropriate for the intended audience.

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

  1. critically appraise the impact of practice-based research
    • GA5:
  2. create a strategy to translate research findings into practice
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  3. synthesise key literature, research approaches and findings into verbal and written forms that clearly communicate the research outcomes in a manner that is appropriate for the intended audience.
    • GA2:
    • GA6:

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