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Research plays a crucial role in shaping policies, advocacy effort, and community initiatives. This unit highlights how research can be action-orientated, collaborative, and ethically driven. In an era of growing inequality, systemic discrimination, and calls for social justice reform, research is more than just data collection - it is a powerful mechanism for exposing injustices, amplifying marginalised voices, and driving meaningful policy change. This unit equips students with the tools to design and conduct research that not only deepens understanding but also contributes to real-world social justice outcomes. Introducing students to key research methodologies used in social justice contexts, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches, students will develop critical thinking skills to evaluate the ethical and political dimensions of research. By equipping students with practical skills to design and conduct research projects that address issues of inequality, discrimination, and social change, students are supported to embed reflexivity and cultural sensitivity in their research practices, particularly when working with marginalised communities.
Unit was previously coded CRI1102.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS
For more information see the Semester Timetable
Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Research Paper Exercise including evidence of learning | 30% |
| Exercise | Results Section including evidence of learning | 20% |
| Report | Research Report with Q&A | 50% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Research Paper Exercise including evidence of learning | 30% |
| Exercise | Results Section including evidence of learning | 20% |
| Report | Research Report with Q&A | 50% |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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