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KCIL5621: Research Project in Languages Education
2025 unit information
Although some Indigenous Australian languages have undergone substantial documentation and are currently being taught, many are in great need of further research and all require more investigation. This unit of study provides students with an opportunity to exercise the skills and knowledge provided in the course to generate new knowledge about particular languages and their teaching. The content and nature of tasks completed in this unit of study will vary depending on existing research and students' abilities and experience in chosen languages, and will be subject to negotiation between students and lecturer on an individual basis. However, all students will be required to base their research in their own teaching of Indigenous languages in a school, TAFE, university, language centre or similar setting.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Indigenous Academic Units |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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KCIL5620 |
| Prohibitions:
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KCIL5622 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. apply skills in planning and conducting Indigenous languages education research projects
- LO2. apply skills in a range of research methodologies relevant to teaching practices in general, and Indigenous languages education in particular
- LO3. demonstrate practical understanding of issues in Indigenous languages education research
- LO4. identify, define and analyse problems and identify or create processes to solve them
- LO5. apply research findings to teaching practices
- LO6. identify the major repositories of knowledge on Indigenous languages education and access them effectively
- LO7. be open to new ideas, methods and ways of thinking
- LO8. locate and evaluate information efficiently and effectively
- LO9. use contemporary media and technology to access and manage information.
- LO10. demonstrate project-specific outcomes as negotiated with lecturer
- LO11. make effective use of oral, written and visual means to critique, negotiate, create and communicate understanding
- LO12. communicate research findings to a variety of potential audiences
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Intensive August 2024
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Intensive August 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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