EDED29450 - Engaging with Educational Research. An International Perspective

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will enhance your educational leadership capacities and practices through exploring contemporary research and research approaches that address issues of professional relevance. You will critically review contemporary literature and evaluate and apply research processes designed to explore policy, practice and governance issues in diverse educational contexts.

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

Orientation to Educational Leadership. An International Perspective (or equivalent) and 

Educational Change and Improvement. An International Perspective (or equivalent) or

two other PG units and/or professional experiences as approved by the Head of Course (ie.the Master of Educational Leadership)

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 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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. Research Assignment 50%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Evaluate literature to articulate a theoretical or conceptual framework that informs research around an educational issue or opportunity
  2. Analyse and apply methodological perspectives and methods that inform research design in an educational leadership context
  3. Formulate a research question and a research design approach to address an educational issue from a leadership perspective

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