EEB415 Dissertation Proposal and Literature Review (8)

CSU Discipline Area: Early Childhood Studies (ECHIL)

Duration: One session

Abstract:

In this subject students articulate a researchable question and design an empirical research study to investigate it. Students write a research proposal for the dissertation, write an accompanying application for ethics in human research approval, and undertake a survey of the relevent and related research literature.

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Session 1
Distance	Bathurst
Session 2
Distance	Bathurst
Session 3
Distance	Bathurst

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EEB415

Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Enrolment restrictions:

Entry into the Bachelor of Education (Primary)(Honours), Graduate Certificate in Educational Research or as determined by the Course Coordinator.

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

- conceptualise, write and defend a dissertation proposal in both oral and written form appropriate for an honours level;
- plan and write a literature review for an honours dissertation;
- develop an understanding of the function and types of literature reviews;
- demonstrate skills as a critical consumer of educational research and syntheise this material;
- clearly articulate, in both the proposal and ethics application, the questions that give rise to the study and the issues that arise from its design and conduct.

Syllabus:

The subject will cover the following topics:

- Choosing a research area. - Specifying researchable focus questions/problems. - Choosing appropriate research design and methodology, data collection methods and data analysis methods. - Understanding and applying ethical guidelines. - The purposes and types of literature reviews. - Conducting a search of the literature. - Synthesising the literature. - Critiquing the literature.

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