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EDED20496 - Teacher as Researcher: Using Student Data to Improve Educational Outcomes

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit requires you to engage with student data for the purposes of improving student learning and educational outcomes. You will plan and implement a research project, which requires the collection and analysis of data from a 'real world' teaching context during their Internship. A project report will then be presented that documents the collection and analysis of specific data, identifying implications for teaching practice, making recommendations for improved student learning outcomes, and indicating how you would modify learning goals and teaching practices to enhance learning outcomes for students. You will engage with literature associated with the specific teaching and learning issue being investigated. You will also explore ethical considerations when collecting, analysing, evaluating and interpreting student data and investigate issues of working confidentially and professionally within a values-based context.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2018

Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 50%
2. Presentation and Written Assessment 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 12.20% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 39.42% response rate.

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.

Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Provide further support for assessment in the unit.
Recommendation
More support should be added to the assessment within the unit.
Action Taken
More videos were added and the lecturer spent many hours contacting students to assist them with the unit.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Provide more examples of topics not relevant for research in this unit.
Recommendation
Topics not relevant for research should be added to the unit.
Action Taken
Possible research topics were added to the unit
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Provide exemplars of qualitative and quantitative studies.
Recommendation
The unit coordinator will add exemplars.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Focus the unit on Qualitative or Quantitative methods opposed to letting student choose.
Recommendation
The unit coordinator will focus on one methodology.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Engage with student data for the purposes of improving student learning and educational outcomes
  2. Plan a research proposal that requires the collection of student data
  3. Identify and evaluate school level data from a range of sources
  4. Collect, analyse, evaluate and interpret student data ethically
  5. Identify implications for teaching practice based on student data
  6. Make informed recommendations for improved student learning outcomes.

Successful completion of this unit provides opportunities for students to demonstrate the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers focus areas of:

1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students

1.2 Understand how students learn

1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities

3.1 Establish challenging learning goals

3.7 Engage parents/carers in the educative process

4.1 Support student participation

5.2 Provide feedback to students on their learning

5.4 Interpret student data

5.5 Report on student achievement

7.1 Meet professional ethics and responsibilities

7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements

7.3 Engage with the parents/carers

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Presentation and Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 - Research
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Presentation and Written Assessment