本课程适用于希望获得研究生研究学位（例如研究硕士学位或博士学位）但又不符合先前研究经验的资格要求或感到自己没有足够的先前研究经验的高成就者。它被设计为衔接课程，可帮助您为进入研究生阶段的研究做好准备。在计划和进行可以进入研究生研究课程的研究时，您将学习研究方法论，研究设计和研究伦理。如果您以较高的成绩完成了研究生证书，您将很容易就可以在教育领域成功地获得硕士学位或博士学位候选人。
This course is designed for students with a first qualification in the education discipline who want to undertake a graduate research degree such as a research masters or a PhD, but do not meet the eligibility requirements of previous research experience or feel that they do not have sufficient research experience.This course will orientate you to educational research and provide you with an understanding of educational research methodologies and research design. You will apply this understanding through the design and implementation of a research project which will demonstrate your capacity to undertake and communicate research synthesis, analysis and evaluation. Successful completion of this course may provide a pathway to a graduate research degree with the Faculty of Education.<br>The course will provide you with a sound basis in educational research, enabling you to demonstrate that you can:<br>evaluate educational research with an understanding of a range of research methodologies,<br>define an issue in education and plan an investigable research project,<br>design and undertake a significant research project in Education, and<br>write up the results of the research project and demonstrate the capacity to adhere to the conventions of research.