1997 QUT Handbook

lander cultures. Throughout the unit, students will be provided
with a holistic approach to learning about the main features
of both traditional and contemporary cultures. This knowledge
would enhance and assist the individual’s ability to develop
effective relationships with the Murri and Torres Strait
Islander communities.
Courses: ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EDB337 ISSUES IN ABORIGINAL & TORRES
STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURE
This unit continues to develop students’ knowledge about
Murri and Torres Strait Islander people, historically, socially
and culturally in relation to these changes and gives them the
opportunity to explore and investigate areas of interest.
Courses: ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EDB338 MURRI & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
STUDIES: AN INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVE
Intended for students who already have a solid grounding in
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture and
who have an understanding of the issues that concern Murri
and Torres Strait Islander people today. Students have the
opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the complexities
of the cultures of these two distinct groups and to
examine and evaluate issues of concern relevant to their areas
of interest.
Courses: ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EDB440 INDEPENDENT STUDY
Self-initiated and self-directed academic study in an area of
educational management interest which allows study either
to a depth not possible in electives, or in an area not covered
by the course; for requirements see the Independent Study
Guide.
Courses: ED23, ED26, ED43, ED50, ED51, ED52, ED54,
ED37, ED61,
Credit Points: 12
■ EDB442 INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL
SEMINARS
The unit is designed to operate in conjunction with the training
provided to educational advisors by the Queensland Department
of Education. Students compile a portfolio based on
a survey of professional development literature and an
inservice activity which they design and implement with classroom
teachers. A report is compiled in which students describe
their work and reflect on its effectiveness.
Courses: ED26, ED61 Credit Points: 12
■ EDN602 ADVANCED SEMINARS
This unit provides for the special needs and interests of students.
Small groups of students interact at an advanced level
with specialists or visiting scholars in seminars, conferences
and research projects.
Courses: ED13, ED11, ED61 Credit Points: 12
■ EDN603 INDEPENDENT STUDY
This unit allows individual students to follow their own particular
needs/interests and/or to take advantage of specialised
lecturer expertise through working autonomously on relevant
topics of interest under the supervision of individual lecturers.
Courses: ED13, ED11, ED61 Credit Points: 12
■ EDN608 PROJECT
A minor research project that provides students with an opportunity
to extend, synthesise and analyse knowledge from
core and elective units through, for example, a critical literature
review, the development of appropriate educational resources,
or a project of change in their workplace.
Courses: ED13, ED14 Prerequisites: EDN611
Credit Points: 24
■ EDN611 UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH
The foundation unit for studying research methods in education.
It focuses on reading, understanding and evaluating edu-
cational research both within and across different paradigms
used in educational research.
Courses: ED13, ED11, ED61 Credit Points: 12
■ EDN612 CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH
Building on the understandings developed in EDN611 , this
unit focuses on developing the skills and knowledge necessary
to design and conduct educational research. Structured
to enable students to pursue in-depth studies in selected designs
and methods with a view to producing an initial research
proposal.
Courses: ED13, ED11, ED12
Prerequisites: EDN611 OR equivalent OR permission of
Coordinator
Credit Points: 12
■ EDN620 DISSERTATION
Designed to enable students to develop their research potential
through following up a research design developed in the
unit Advanced Research, to produce a significant piece of
written research in the form of a dissertation.
Courses: ED13 Prerequisites: EDN612
Credit Points: 36
■ EDP508 PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD 1
Observation; planning, implementation and evaluation of curriculum
for children in early childhood; communication with
children, parents and colleagues; the demonstration of organisational
and administrative skills in an early childhood setting.
Courses: ED20 Prerequisites: EAP533
Corequisites: EAP534, EAP535
Credit Points: 6
■ EDP509 PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD 2
Observation; design, implementation and evaluation of programs
for children in the early childhood age range; communication
with children, parents and colleagues; increased responsibility
for control and management in the early childhood
setting; catering for children in the early childhood age
range.
Courses: ED20 Prerequisites: EDP508
Credit Points: 6
■ EDP514 FIELD PROJECT
An applied action research project focusing on the development
of a management-oriented program; the delivery and evaluation
of the program within an existing educational service.
Courses: ED23, ED61
Credit Points: 12 Incompatible with: EDP516
■ EDP516 EXTENDED FIELD PROJECT
An applied action research project focusing on the development
of a management-oriented program. The delivery and
then evaluation of the program within an existing educational
service occurs. The Extended Field Project includes a research
report with greater breadth and depth than the 12 credit point
Field Project.
Courses: ED23
Credit Points: 24 Incompatible with: EDP514
■ EDP601 THE REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER IN
HIGHER EDUCATION
Develops critical, reflective and proficient tertiary educators
with a commitment to learning as a lifelong process; begins
with and builds upon the various experiences which the participants
bring with them.
Courses: ED61
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EDP602 ADULT LEARNING & TEACHING IN
HIGHER EDUCATION
The theory and practice of teaching adults; the appropriateness
of particular approaches to the needs, interests and learning
styles of adult audiences; involves the application of theoretical
perspectives to the practice of teaching adults in varied
higher education and contexts.
Courses: ED61
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
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