Realising Sustainable Middle Years Reform: Research Design
EDMY103
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Level of study: What does Postgraduate mean?
Postgraduate
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Availability: What is a Session?
For enrolment (2012):- Sess 1
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Duration:
13 weeks
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Fee: Fees (current and planned)
- Domestic student fee:
- $1,850.00 (AUD)
- International student fee:
- $2,075.00 (AUD)
Description
This unit will assist students to identify a research topic based in the middle years of schooling and to develop a proposal based around that topic. In accomplishing this, an emphasis will be placed on educational research literature bases in a variety of discipline areas such as educational psychology, the sociology of education, and educational philosophy. Topics chosen will relate to the underpinning principles of middle schooling including, but not limited to, middle years philosophy, middle years curriculum, middle years pedagogy, school reform and school culture.
Enrolment Restriction
In order to enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into one of the following courses:
If you wish to seek approval to enrol in this unit without being accepted in a course, please contact OUA regarding the process.
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
You are recommended to have completed the following unit(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this unit:
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One of the following two units:
Assessment
- Presentation — Research proposal - annotated (40%)
- Review — Literature review and research (60%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- identify an appropriate reseach question or topic within the middle years of schooling
- frame an appropriate research question or topic in order to investigate this area and/or issue
- explore the significance of the topic in terms of timeliness, theoretical and practical significance
- undertake an appropriate review of literature in the field in order to demonstrate an awareness of related research in the area
- identify an appropriate theoretical framework and research design to expore the topic
- write a literature review with a draft proposal that will form the basis for undertaking EDMY104 Action Research in the Middle Years.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
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| 1 | Introduction to the unit, the middle years: what's all about? |
| 2 | Challenges of and processes for middle years reform |
| 3 | Identifying research issues/questions |
| 4 | Linking research issues with appropriate middle years literature |
| 5 | Linking research issues with appropriate research literature |
| 6 | Student presentation on research issue/question |
| 7 | Critical analysis (group discussion) of research issues/questions |
| 8 | Ethical considerations |
| 9 | Thinking about theories and paradigms and research design for action research projects |
| 10 | Individual consultation on proposals |
| 11 | Group discussion of issues arising from individual project proposals |
| 12 | Looking towards implementation: when and how of implementation |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Blogs
- Chat rooms
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Embedded Multimedia
- Glossary
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Web links
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Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
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- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
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