Education Research Skills

Undergraduate | 2026

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Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
On campus
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Area/Catalogue
EDUC 4039
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Course ID
206222
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus East
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Education
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
John Willison
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Course level
4
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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No
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University-wide elective course
No
Single course enrollment
Single course enrolment
No

Course overview

Education Research Skills will build on your learning in Research as Teaching Practice (EDUC 2002), to develop the ways that you facilitate secondary student research skills and other sophisticated forms of thinking, including in the senior years. The course prompts you to develop strategies for secondary student literacy and numeracy and how to scaffold student learning when the students work in inquiry mode. You will apply your understanding during your secondary school Professional Placement, report your findings after the placement and subsequently plan for improved student learning.

Course learning outcomes

  • Identify skills, challenges, and solutions to assist secondary years' students to use reliable academic sources and pose researchable questions
  • As a team, identify skills, challenges and solutions for the development of secondary years' student literacy and numeracy that is relevant to each Learning Area yet with holistic effects
  • Identify skills, challenges, and solutions to aid secondary students to develop of critical and creative thinking in specific contexts
  • Identify and apply strategies in assisting secondary students to be persistent and resilient with their inquiry learning
  • Design learning opportunities in which secondary students acknowledge respectful ownership of research (ethics)

Availability

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Census date
Fri 04/09/2026
Enrol by date
Enrol by date
Fri 21/08/2026
Last day to W
Last day to W
Fri 18/09/2026
Last day to WF
Last day to WF
Fri 16/10/2026

Class details

Adelaide City Campus East

Class number
Class number 52113
Section
Section TU01
Size
Size 27
Available
Available 27
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
10 Aug - 17 Aug Monday 9:10am - 11am Adelaide City Campus East Hughes, 111a
19 Oct - 9 Nov Monday 9:10am - 11am Adelaide City Campus East Hughes, 111a
Class number
Class number 52112
Section
Section TU02
Size
Size 27
Available
Available 27
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
10 Aug - 17 Aug Monday 1:10pm - 3pm Adelaide City Campus East Engineering North, N132
19 Oct - 9 Nov Monday 1:10pm - 3pm Adelaide City Campus East Engineering North, N132
Class number
Class number 52111
Section
Section TU03
Size
Size 27
Available
Available 27
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
11 Aug - 18 Aug Tuesday 9:10am - 11am Adelaide City Campus East Napier, LG15
20 Oct - 10 Nov Tuesday 9:10am - 11am Adelaide City Campus East Napier, LG15
Class number
Class number 52110
Section
Section TU04
Size
Size 27
Available
Available 27
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
12 Aug - 19 Aug Wednesday 12:10pm - 2pm Adelaide City Campus East Centenary, C7-71
21 Oct - 11 Nov Wednesday 12:10pm - 2pm Adelaide City Campus East Centenary, C7-71

Prerequisite(s)

  • must have completed all of EDUC1115 Schools and Society/EDUC2093 Issues in Contemporary Education

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed EDUC4213 Education Research Skills at the University of Adelaide

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