472-326 Designing Research in Early Childhood

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472-326 Designing Research in Early Childhood
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	Kay Margetts
Prerequisites	250 points or equivalent (including credit).
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	Thirty-six hours of equivalent class contact supported by on-line materials for private study
Subject Description	An introduction to research methods and their application to research questions in early childhood. Students will examine key frameworks for quantitative and qualitative research and evaluate their use for a range of research questions. Students will also identify a topic of interest, devise a research question and prepare a proposal for a small-scaled project designed to examine the question.
Assessment	Written assessment of 4000 words. Resources provided to distance students: students will be provided with a course handbook, subject guide, study guide and a book of readings.
Prescribed Texts	L Kervin, W Vialle, J Herrington and T Okely, Research for Educators. Thomson Social Sciences Press: South Melbourne.

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