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Masters student engagement with the research requirements of AQF Level 9. Dr John Willison School of Education University of Adelaide. Many models of AQF9. Eg 4 Semester Masters. Content rich courses + 1 Research Methods Course. Research Capstone. Embedded Research Assignment.
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Masters student engagement with the research requirements of AQF Level 9 Dr John Willison School of Education University of Adelaide
Many models of AQF9 • Eg 4 Semester Masters Content rich courses + 1 Research Methods Course Research Capstone Embedded Research Assignment Embedded Research Assignment Embedded Research Assignment Embedded Research Assignment Your Model?
AQF Level 9 Master (Coursework) Qualification Type Descriptor Apply knowledge and skills: • with creativity and initiative • with high level personal autonomy • with mastery • to plan and execute a substantial research based project, capstone experience and/or piece of scholarship
The University of Adelaide Research requirements for Masters programs • 3 units min of research training • Quantitative • Qualitative • develop technical research skills • 6 unit min of research ‘project’ • ‘Content-rich’ courses- multiple 3 unit • Effective for developing research-mindedness
Reflecting on research in employment after undergraduate degree ‘I looked at the movement of customers, so people that were churning, people that were disconnecting, people that were switching on, and basically I sort of plotted them all across a timeline and the way they picked them was I looked at what happens prior to competitors activating their D-slams…I looked at it basically a couple of months before they had it and a couple of months after, and then you could sort of see how they did it….It was not like a lengthy word paper, but it was a bit of research and findings.’ Monash University Masters Business Student
Whole Degree-Program Use Course-by-Course framing by the RSD before Capstone courses Variety, nuances Coherent thread for students to generalise the learning experience as a whole RSD
Progressive revisiting the same skills: • in varying contexts • with increasing degrees of rigour, conceptual demand Embark clarify Find generate Evaluate reflect Organise manage Analyse synthesise Communicate apply Embark Generate Evaluate Organise Synthesize Communicate Embark clarify Find generate Evaluate reflect Organise manage Analyse synthesise Communicate apply Embark clarify Find generate Evaluate reflect Organise manage Analyse synthesise Communicate apply
RSD in content-rich courses research mindedness RSD in Research Methods Courses research techniques RSD as a common framework across the degree research skillfullness