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Term1,5
Term1,5

Unit description

Students will produce a proposal for future work that may be either a research proposal or an implementation plan.

Unit content

  • Arguing for innovation: improving practice or doing research
  • Theories and frameworks
  • Analysing and addressing ethical practices when proposing research and practice improvement
  • Refining and focusing, ideas and strategies to achieve results
  • Evaluating, sustaining and disseminating
  • Composing a successful proposal: research or implementation

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1justify a proposal for addressing a gap in research or practice in health, social and community services
2refine and focus ideas and strategies to achieve results
3analyse and address issues involved in delivering on the proposal in a feasible and ethical way

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. justify a proposal for addressing a gap in research or practice in health, social and community services
  2. refine and focus ideas and strategies to achieve results
  3. analyse and address issues involved in delivering on the proposal in a feasible and ethical way

Prescribed Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts
  • Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Structured online learning (6 weeks)
Assessment
Proposal Pitch Presentation 10%
Critical reflection on Pitch30%
Proposal for practice implementation or research60%
Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Fee information

Domestic

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Fee paying courses
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International

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