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EDED20496 Teacher as Researcher: Improving Educational Outcomes
Teacher as Researcher: Improving Educational Outcomes
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General Information

Overview

This unit delves into contemporary research in education, emphasizing the use of critical reflection and action research to enhance teaching practices in one of your approved discipline teaching areas (Secondary) or in the English specialization (Primary and Early Childhood). You will engage with relevant literature and use generative AI tools to identify and synthesize current research developing insights into core educational content. These insights will inform your teaching practice, and you will be required to critically reflect on their impact. Additionally, you will design and pitch a research proposal focused on improving student learning outcomes in your discipline teaching area or English specialization within a school context. This process will build your research and presentation skills, while also requiring you to explore ethical considerations in data collection, analysis and interpretation. You will learn how to professionally share your research with colleagues, parents, carers and students, contributing to the broader educative process.

Details

Career Level: Postgraduate
Unit Level: Level 9
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Co-requisite EDFE20037 Professional Praxis 4: Transition to Teaching

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 1 - 2025

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 13 January 2025
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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from SUTE

Feedback

Importance of critical reflection

Recommendation

Provide more opportunities for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection on teaching practice.

Feedback from SUTE

Feedback

Overall unit improvement

Recommendation

Refresh unit content and assessment.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 17 February 2025
Academic Integrity Statement

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