Literacy Leadership Research Project (EDUC90682)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)

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Participants in the subject will work with their school to identify a major issue related to literacy facing their school or their local network, and then investigate the issue in the professional and academic literature, plan a strategy or intervention, implement it, and evaluate the outcomes. Participants will draw on the knowledge acquired in the other subjects to explore the literacy issue they are working on, including drawing on the work in the leadership subject to work with other members of the school or network in implementing their strategy or intervention. Each participant will be assigned to a group of course participants who are investigating a similar topic for support and sharing of resources and experiences. Each of these groups will be led by an academic who will be the supervisor of the projects being undertaken within the group.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject students will be able to:



  • Define a researchable problem of practice in their school context;
  • Undertake a literature review to investigate an educational issue;
  • Develop a research design through which an educational issue can be investigated;
  • Use research processes with due regard to ethical procedures
  • Demonstrate a capacity to engage in reflective, critical discussion of the area of particular interest.

Generic skills

This subject will develop the kills to enable students to:

  • Be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate and justify relationships between theory, research and teaching
  • Be flexible and able to adapt to change through knowing how to iresearch a problem of practice;
  • Understand the significance of developing their practice on the basis of research evidence;
  • Work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation to engage in reflective and critical discussion of research in education;
  • Be independent of mind, responsible, resilient, self-regulating.

Last updated: 10 February 2024