EDME401-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Understanding and Using Research in Education

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This course is an introduction to frameworks for thinking about, reading about, and carrying out research. Students will develop skills in the critical analysis of a wide range of research literature through developing knowledge of ethics, different methodologies, and different types of data. Students are introduced to research practice from both 'Western' and Indigenous knowledge standpoints. The aims of the course are to bring the student to the point where they have the knowledge to interpret most quantitative and qualitative research papers in their field, as well as the background to undertake supervised research.

Learning Outcomes

  • On the successful completion of this course participants will be able to:
  • Critically interrogate research literature with a specific focus on rigour, interpreting findings and assessing conclusions;  
  • Understand, and discuss, the ethical and cultural expectations for undertaking educational research across different knowledge standpoints;
  • Examine how the ontological and theoretical position of the researcher influences the research questions and study methodology;
  • Identify data collection and data analysis methods and how they are used to address research questions;
  • Demonstrate the ability to plan for a research project.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School

Restrictions

EDEM693; EDEM694; EDEM697; EDEM698; EHRE601; EDME601

Equivalent Courses

EDME601

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 18:00 Rehua 002 Lectorial
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Timetable Note

Tuesdays, 4-6pm

Students are also invited to engage in an additional one hour of asynchronous activity throughout the week

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Online discussion x 4 20% End of weeks (Sundays) 2,3,4,5
Comparative analysis 29 Apr 2025 35%
Developing a research proposal 27 May 2025 45%

Textbooks / Resources

No textbook is required. All readings will be provided to students in the LEARN Moodle.

Additional Course Outline Information

Important Course Information

Important Course Information
Students are required to actively engage with all course content and activities, lecture recordings, readings, online modules, and any other requirements specified by the course coordinator, in order to meet the learning outcomes of the course.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,169.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

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