Workplace Project (Masters) Part-Time

Unit code: AER8531 | Study level: Postgraduate
24
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Footscray Park
Other
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Overview
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Overview

This unit of study provides the opportunity to conduct research on professional practice in the workplace. It is a study of relevant policies, literature, and analysis in a practical context. It is advised that the project be constructed to be achieved within the requisite timeframe.



This project provides for exit from the Doctor of Education with a Master of Education (Professional Practice). The focus and form (for example, a creative work) are to be negotiated with the supervisor and it should be a project of use and value to the student and to their work.


Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Complete a project research report on professional practice that demonstrates mastery of different academic and professional writing genres;
  2. Work collaboratively and ethically in conducting research and communicating research outcomes;
  3. Conduct a substantial independent research project under supervision with a high level of personal autonomy and accountability;
  4. Review and critique relevant and current scholarly literature/s relating to the thesis topic;
  5. Interrogate and challenge complex information, and synthesise a range of conceptual and empirical materials to draw defensible conclusions;
  6. Communicate authoritatively structured, coherent ideas in a sustained written composition (or a negotiated alternative if choosing a creative work option) at a standard acceptable for academic peer review; and
  7. Respond to feedback on their work, and show the capacity to engage in an academic discourse.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Project
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Grade: Pass/Fail
Workplace project (15-20,000 words)

Required reading

Doing research in the real world
Gray, D.E. (2014).| SAGE Publications Ltd.
The SAGE handbook of workplace learning.
Malloch, M., Cairns, L., Evans, K., & O'Connor, B.N. (2013).| SAGE Publications Ltd.

As part of a course

This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.

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