EDUC7212 Educational Research Methods
Associate Professor Ian Hardy
School of Education
Course overview
- Contact
- Level: postgraduate
- Size: medium class – approximately 240 students
This course is about conducting education research in a socially responsive, critically conscious and ethically responsible way to help inform education policy and practice.
Teaching tools and techniques
- Keywords: active learning–engagement during lectures–student led workshops/tuts.
I actively encourage student participation/feedback during lectures. Zoom enables text responses, as well as face-to-face (synchronous). Online component varies between groups online and groups face-to-face.
Lecturer's biography
A/Prof Ian Hardy researches and teaches educational policy and practice at the School of Education. Recent research has focused upon datafication processes in schools and schooling systems more broadly and Higher Education policy and practice.
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