ERP440 Research in VET (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Education Studies (EDSTD)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
The aim of this subject is to provide underpinning skills and knowledge to enable students to evaluate and critically apply research into their professional practice. The subject introduces students to the purpose, design and outcomes of practitioner research. Students analyse a recent relevant research report and develop strategies to implement this research into their practice.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ERP440
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
The subject is not available to students who have completed EMC202 or EMC320 or HRM210 .
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to articulate the role of adult and vocational education research relevant to their own professional setting
- be able to identify the skills and knowledge associated with workbased research
- be able to identify and analyse the process of conducting effective workbased research, including the selection and use of appropriate research methodologies and tools
- Be able to identify and analyse the process of conducting an effective literature review
- be able to articulate the principles that guide and underpin ethical research
- be abel to identify and analyse issues of professional ethics relevant to research in the adult and vocational education field
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- EVALUATION AND THE UTILISATION OF RESEARCH
- Differences between evaluation and research
- Evaluation
- Types of research
- Use of research to improve policy and practice
- Being a critical consumer of research
- Analysing research reports
- ETHICS AND RESEARCH
- Legal obligations as an ethical researcher
- Researcher "positioning"
- Professional ethics for adult and vocational education practitioners
- THE RESEARCH PROCESS
- The research question
- Researching and presenting literature
- The literature review
- Research methods
- Collecting, analysing and presenting research data
- THE ROLE OF THE RESEARCHER AS CHANGE AGENT
- Research and change
- Using research to inform practice
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.