READINGS OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND NATURE TOURISM HONOURS

OED4ROE

2019

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Students learn to search literature comprehensively in the area in which they will conduct their research. The skills of literature review preparation are taught, including literature search and retrieval, question formulation, organisation of literature, referencing, critical and comparative analysis and writing for publication.

School: School of Education

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Ruth Lawrence

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Doing a literature review : releasing the social science research imagination.	Preliminary	Hart, C. (1998)	LONDON : SAGE.
Readings	In Conducting research and evaluation in gifted education.	Preliminary	N.Buchanan and J.Feldhusen.eds.	NEW YORK: TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS: 33-50.

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Problematise and contextualise a research question by drafting a thematic literature review

Activities:: Supervisor Consultation. Independent research and written work that demonstrates the relevant critical skills and relevant concepts.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)

02. Demonstrate an understanding of the function and form of a literature review through critiquing and providing formative feedback for a peer

Activities:: Supervisor Consultation. Written work that demonstrates the relevant critical skills and relevant concepts. Written work that effectively mobilises relevant critical and/or theoretical material in the course of developing an original argument.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Cultural Literacy); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills); Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)

Bendigo, 2019, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ruth Lawrence

Class requirements

Supervisor Consultation
Two 1.0 hours supervisor consultation per week and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
Honours Literature Review (4000 words)	Students must complete one major literature review assignment. This subject will contribute 20% to the final determination of honours.	100	01, 02

Bendigo, 2019, Semester 2, Day