EDU93109 - Evaluative Literature Review (2018)

Not currently available in 2018

Provides an opportunity to develop organisational research skills and investigate critically the literature relating to an agreed area with a view to identifying research possibilities. Students will be assisted to develop skills in literature searching, the analysis of research reports, the creation of a bibliographic data base, and the development and production of a short literature review. An essential requirement of this unit will be the identification of a research problem to be investigated for the purposes of successfully completing the two research project units, EDU93111 and EDU93112.

Topic 1. Selecting and Scoping a Literature Review Topic – “Indulging Your Curiosity”

Topic 2. Developing an Annotated Bibliography – “Keeping a Record”

Topic 3. Analysing a Research Report – “Looking More Deeply”

Topic 4. Taking a Position – “Relating Research to your Interests and Needs”

Topic 5. Writing Persuasively – “Telling Others”

Topic 6. Responding to a Reviewer – “Listening to Advice”

Learning outcomes

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.