Designing Research in Early Childhood

Subject 472-326 (2008)

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Credit Points: 12.500
Level: Undergraduate
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

Summer Term, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Singapore.

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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Thirty-six hours of equivalent class contact supported by on-line materials for private study
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: Two hundred and fifty points or equivalent (including credit)
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

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Coordinator

Kay Margetts
Subject Overview:

An introduction to research methods and their application to research questions in early childhood. Students will examine key frameworks for quantitative and qualitative research and evaluate their use for a range of research questions. Students will also identify a topic of interest, devise a research question and prepare a proposal for a small-scaled project designed to examine the question.

Assessment: Written assessment of 4000 words.Resources provided to distance students: students will be provided with a course handbook, subject guide, study guide and a book of readings.
Prescribed Texts: Prescribed Texts:Research for Educators (L Kervin, W Vialle, J Herrington and T Okely), Thomson Social Sciences Press: South Melbourne
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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