IA5001:04
Interpreting Research
Townsville
Flexible delivery, plus compulsory five-day block. Second semester.
Available to students undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate, the Postgraduate Diploma or the Master of Indigenous Studies, or other postgraduate students.
Staff: Dr S McGinty.
This subject encourages students to critically analyse existing research and how it has impacted on Indigenous populations. It engages them in an examination of a holistic approach to conducting research within Indigenous contexts. Additionally, students critically assess the effectiveness of qualitative and quantitative research paradigms for conducting research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations and examine ways of developing the most appropriate methodologies for this type of research.
Learning Objectives:
- critically analyse perspectives on qualitative and quantitative research with reference to examples of existing research conducted with and about Indigenous populations and their communities;
- develop the skills and techniques for analysing research and report writing.
Assessment by attendance and completion of minor assignments at five-day block (30%); major assignment (70%).