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The design and conduct of a small research project about an aspect of tertiary teaching and learning.
The course is run partly as a research lab group meeting (first term), in which participants assist and critique each other's work, and partly as individual research supervised by the course lecturers (second term)
1. Design and implement an (action) research project in tertiary education.2. Evaluate the ethical implications of the research design and methodology, and apply principles of ethics to minimise impact on research participants, in particular issues around power differentials, coercion, informed consent, and data / participant confidentiality.3. Use ethical ways to gather data and use appropriate methods to analyse the data.
HEDN601 and HEDN602 and HEDN603; or approval of the Programme Coordinator
HEDN501, HEDN502
Erik Brogt
Enrolment is subject to the approval of the Programme Coordinator, Dr David Small. Please contact david.small@canterbury.ac.nz if you are interested in this course as UC staff may be eligible for Staff Tertiary Study Assistance and Lincoln and ARA staff may be eligible for a Canterbury Tertiary Alliance discount.Academic Staff employed outside UC will need to make contact with their home University HR department to complete the required paperwork. UC Staff need to progress through the following process: • Apply through the Learning & Development, Staff Tertiary Study Assistance to undertake the study and to have the fees paid by UC. You can view the whole process for application at Staff Tertiary Study Assistance process or just link to the Application for Staff Tertiary Assistance Form.• Please note, as part of this process you will need to provide evidence of your Qualification to HR. • You may also wish to review the Request a Teaching Constraint for Timetabling process and discuss this with your Head to ensure you are available at the time the study is scheduled. If there are timetable issues please contact Dr David Small as flexibility may be available. • Enrol as a student, you need to apply to enrol for your course(s), following the same process as all students. • Go to www.canterbury.ac.nz/enrol and follow the steps.• You will receive an enrolment offer (this offer will show the normal tuition fees).• On the enrolment offer, under Other Payment Method you must type in “Staff Tertiary Study Assistance” in order for your funding to be applied and your enrolment completed. • Accept the enrolment offer.• As part of the enrolment process you will need to provide passports/visas and other academic documents as required. These documents may have already been provided to HR as part of your employment process but need to be resubmitted to Admissions. • The University will then pay the agreed amount for your course/s of study.
Domestic fee $905.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .