Year
2021
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 1-hour seminar weekly
Prerequisites
^ = may be enrolled concurrently
% = any matching topic, eg BIOL1% includes BIOL1101, BIOL1102 etc
^ = may be enrolled concurrently
% = any matching topic, eg BIOL1% includes BIOL1101, BIOL1102 etc
1 Admission into MDPP-Master of Disability Policy and Practice
1a Admission into MDPPA-Master of Disability Policy and Practice [1.5 years]
1b Admission into BAMTPR-Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Primary)
1c Admission into BAMTS-Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Secondary)
1d Admission into BGSCMTPR-Bachelor of General Science, Master of Teaching (Primary)
1e Admission into BSCMTS-Bachelor of Science, Master of Teaching (Secondary)
1f Admission into MCPEP-Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
1g Admission into MED%
1h Admission into MCPEPA - Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice - 1.5 years
1i Admission into GCE-Graduate Certificate in Education
2 EDES9402 - Psychology and Instruction
2a 2.0000000000 of EDUC9733, EDUC9734
3 ^ EDUC9735 - Research Design in Cognition and Instruction
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e or 1f or 1g or 1h or 1i) and (2 or 2a) and 3)
1a Admission into MDPPA-Master of Disability Policy and Practice [1.5 years]
1b Admission into BAMTPR-Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Primary)
1c Admission into BAMTS-Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Secondary)
1d Admission into BGSCMTPR-Bachelor of General Science, Master of Teaching (Primary)
1e Admission into BSCMTS-Bachelor of Science, Master of Teaching (Secondary)
1f Admission into MCPEP-Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice
1g Admission into MED%
1h Admission into MCPEPA - Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice - 1.5 years
1i Admission into GCE-Graduate Certificate in Education
2 EDES9402 - Psychology and Instruction
2a 2.0000000000 of EDUC9733, EDUC9734
3 ^ EDUC9735 - Research Design in Cognition and Instruction
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e or 1f or 1g or 1h or 1i) and (2 or 2a) and 3)
Topic description
In this topic students will undertake a practical project that uses appropriate research methods to investigate a problem which has emerged in the area of cognition and instruction. Students will prepare a practical project report that presents their identification of the problem, their selection of appropriate research methods, their investigation, and their analysis of results.
Educational aims
This topic aims to:
- Foster research-informed enquiry, critical analysis, synthesis, evaluation and reflection as essential educational practices
- Further extend students' ability to critically review, evaluate and apply research literature in the field of cognitive psychology and educational practice
- Extend students' abilities to undertake an independent research investigation in the field of cognitive psychology and educational practice
- Extend students' abilities to generate a detailed research paper, in the appropriate academic style, reporting the method and results of an original investigation into a teaching-learning problem
- Extend students' abilities to lead informed debate about future directions for research and practice in the field of cognitive psychology and educational practice
- Develop advanced capabilities for self-regulated learning
- Lead improvements in professional decision making
- Lead the informed construction of educational policy, whether local, national or global
- Translate knowledge gained from reading, discussion, research and writing into educational practices
- Lead the dissemination of knowledge gained from reading, discussion, research and writing to professional colleagues
- Lead interdisciplinary and intercultural partnerships and work collaboratively
- Engage in and lead professional reflective practice
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate extended, synthesised theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of cognitive psychology and educational practice
- Understand and adhere to ethical research standards and practices
- Conduct and report on an independent original research project, in the form of an educational intervention, in the field of cognitive psychology and educational practice
- Critically evaluate an independent original research project in the field of cognitive psychology and educational practice
- Generate recommendations for future research, practice and policy in the field of cognitive psychology and educational practice
- Demonstrate high standards of academic literacy
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2021 are no longer published.
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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