Unit

School Of Education

Independent Study 3Western Sydney University Unit Code: 100705.2

Discipline: TEACHER EDUCATION

Student Contribution Band: 1

Level: 7

Credit Points: 20

Prerequisite
100693 Evidence-based Professional Practice

About this Unit
This unit is a continuation of Independent Study 1 and/or 2 and is designed to provide an opportunity for students to undertake in-depth research into an educational area, issue, or perspective that will make a major contribution both to their own and colleagues educational practices. This unit will contribute to the student's ability to engage with and sustain an intensive research focus on an identified aspect or aspects of workplace practice using acquired competence in research methodology. They will also be required to sustain a research focus over an extended period of time and produce a research project report. The unit is designed to advance the status of the student's profession through high level, in-depth study of a topic of major significance to the profession.