EDFGC5810 Teacher Research Project A
This course is designed to provide pre-service teachers with insights into the relationship between good teaching and research. Students will recognise the importance of researching their own teaching and become familiar with popular ways of conducting research in education. This course introduces students to epistemology and research methodologies that are common within education. Students are supported to frame their own research projects through academic literature and a range of activities related to research design, choice of methods, analysis of data and ethics. Through this course pre-service teachers will understand: how research is constituted and what distinguishes it from other forms of knowledge; the relationship between research, the practices of teaching and learning and education more broadly; the importance of developing a teacher as researcher identity; various methods of researching commonly used within education settings including schools and classrooms; different ways of researching within the students specific frames of reference; how to focus an inquiry that draws on learning from the program, including school-based practice; how to evaluate research as ethical; and to refine proposed research through peer review and reflection.
Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government and students pay a contribution amount. Each unit is classified into a band, depending on the study area of the unit (this discipline may be different from the study area of your course).
2025 contribution amount* $1,157
2025 grandfathered contribution amount* $1,157
Grandfathered contribution amount - if you are a continuing student, who commenced your course before 1 January 2021, you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented, for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.
* For Clinical Psychology & Professional Pathways bands the unit fee amount is determined by accredited courses. Students in Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work accredited courses should refer to the information below.
