Honours Seminar 1 - EDST4506

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of Education

Course Outline: School of Education Course Outlines

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Enrolment in the Education honours program

CSS Contribution Charge: 1* (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

A seminar course for honours students in the School of Education preparing students for the writing of an honours thesis. Topics include using library resources for honours students including research consultation and access to databases; structuring and writing a thesis, gaining ethics approval for collecting data; constructing a conceptual framework for a thesis; researching and writing literature reviews; the role of theory in research and the use of theory in framing and conducting a research project in Education; planning and managing a research project; formal requirements for the thesis structure and presentation.