Overview

This stream introduces students to the building blocks required to design and conduct educational research. Students engage with a range of research designs along with their conceptual and theoretical underpinnings while also planning and designing potential research projects. In addition to Research Methods, there are units covering Research for Social Justice, how ethics is interwoven and integral to good research design, and the stages and skills required to conduct a Literature Review. 

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Completion requirements

A specialisation consists of 40cp.

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • EDRS550Literature Reviews for Educational Research10 CP
  • EDRS651Educational Research Methods10 CP
  • EDRS652Practitioner-led Research for Social Change10 CP
  • EDRS653Conducting Ethical Education Research10 CP

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