EDUC9958A Dissertation B (9/18 units)

Professor Ben Wadham

2016

1 Admission into EDD-Doctor of Education
2 EDES9802A - Doctoral Symposium Part A
2a EDUC9951 - Doctoral Symposium A: Issues in Education
3 EDES9802B - Doctoral Symposium Part B
3a EDUC9952 - Doctoral Symposium B: Education and Community Issues
3b EDUC9953 - Doctoral Symposium C: Education and Policy
4 EDES9830 - Preparation for Research
4a EDUC9954 - Preparation for Research
Must Satisfy: (1 and (2 or 2a) and (3 or 3a or 3b) and (4 or 4a))

Students will identify an appropriate research problem(s) and make a proposal for a research program which investigates the problem(s) posed. Following approval of the study, students will work with an assigned supervisor and submit a research study report of approximately 18,000 words.

The aim of the topic is to assist students to develop doctoral level research skills and carry out a supervised research study involving:

formulating a research plan
undertaking data collection and analysis
generating defensible conclusions
writing a research report with recommendations

On completion of this topic students will be able to:

use advanced research skills
formulate a comprehensive research project that includes a high level of critical analysis of existing research
demonstrate skill in designing doctoral level research questions and linking them to existing research
demonstrate advanced skill in selecting, describing and implementing suitable research procedures
demonstrate the capacity for in depth analysis and synthesis of findings, drawing conclusions and making recommendations for future study
demonstrate the ability to make an original contribution to knowledge construction and/or implementation in educational policy, and/or management and/or practice

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.

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