Unit details

EDUC5721 Master's Thesis (part-time)

Credit

54 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth)	Face to face
Non-standard teaching period	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Content

This unit can be taken full-time or part-time. The thesis should demonstrate knowledge in a chosen area of study, the associated research methods and scholarly reporting. Normally the thesis of 25,000 to 30,000 words should provide evidence of a general knowledge of the area through a literature review and may make a contribution to the area of study. A research proposal must be submitted with the written consent of the supervisor to the Graduate School of Education Research Committee within three months of the satisfactory completion of the coursework component. Students enrolled in the unit must work directly and closely with their supervisors to develop their proposals.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) demonstrate advanced knowledge of subject matter and familiarity with current and key issues in a particular Educational area; (2) describe, interpret and synthesise conceptual, empirical and professional literature in Education and related areas; (3) demonstrate comprehension of the processes involved in conceptualising, designing and undertaking original educational research; (4) design, undertake and undertake original research; (5) convey and discuss complex ideas clearly, both orally and in writing; and (6) demonstrate awareness of the ways in which knowledge and research link to scholarly and professional issues and practices in local, national and international communities.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: thesis. Further information is available in the unit outline.

For units commencing in May 2022 or later the availability of the supplementary assessment is subject to confirmation.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Except where supplementary assessment is not available in a unit, it will be offered to students in all units who:

• Are in good academic standing overall;
• Have passed over half the units taken in the teaching period concerned, except where they are only enrolled in two or less units in the period;
• Have submitted all assessment items in the unit;
• Have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit; and
• No finding of academic misconduct has been made against them in the unit concerned.

Additionally student may apply for supplementary assessment in any unit which is the final unit required for graduation in there course and where they have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Grace Oakley

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

an average of at least 65 per cent in the coursework component of the degree and a minimum of 65 per cent in EDUC5631 Approaches to Research (formerly EDUC8631 Approaches to Research)

Co-requisites:

Nil.

Incompatibility:

Nil.

Contact hours

individually negotiated with the supervisor; research completed under supervision

Recommended
reading

Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (Fifth edition. ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc.

Punch, K. (2014). Introduction to social research : quantitative and qualitative approaches (Third edition. ed.). SAGE.