Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus) (Volume 5 page 64)
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Year 2 Bach. Teaching.
Credit points: 10.0
Prerequisite: School Experience & Practice Teaching 3 or Internship A.
Corequisite: Internship B.
Contact: 3 hours each week for 13 weeks.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to
- identify an issue or problem related to teaching practice or school policy which warrants investigation and undertake a related project;
- conduct a literature review and use it to inform and refine the investigation;
- select and develop an appropriate research methodology;
- collect and analyse data and present results in a scholarly form;
- draw implications from the study and make recommendations for practice from the investigation; and
- demonstrate an understanding of the nature of research in education and of the complex relationship between the results of educational research and the implications it has for practice.
Content:
Study of selected examples of education research illustrating differing research methodologies. An introduction to use of the research literature and to the literature on differing approaches to research in education. With this background and in conjunction with school and University staff, the student will develop a proposal for a small-scale project. Following approval of the proposal, the student will complete a review of relevant literature, conduct the investigation and report the results in both a scholarly report and also in an appropriate form for users of the project findings.
Assessment:
A 3500-4000 word project including a literature review (100 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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