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1.  
| Critically evaluate the principles underlying research and how they inform research activity in a broad range of educational settings (universities, VET, community organisations, schools and social movement agencies). |
2.  
| Apply knowledge of the variety of research options available to education researchers with regard to the different philosophies and appropriate methods of data collection and analysis corresponding with those philosophies. |
3.  
| Assess the suitability of research approaches for global learning. |
4.  
| Critically evaluate research reports. |
5.  
| Apply appropriate research methods to a particular research question taking into consideration issues of ethics, measures of reliability and validity, credibility and trustworthiness. |
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| Assessment Task | Value (of total mark) | Related Learning Outcome/s |
1.   |
Reading research: online discussion of research papers. (1,000 words) |
20% |
1,2,3,4 |
2.   |
Research paper (3,000 words) |
40% |
1,2,3,4,5 |
3.   |
Research proposal. (3,500 words) |
40% |
1,2,3,4,5 |
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