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Master of Philosophy - Education (MR-PHILEDU) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
About this course
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- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
- Notes
Coordinator
Associate Dean (Research Training)
Contact
Faculty of Education
Level 9, 100 Leicester Street
Email: foe-gradresearch@unimelb.edu.au
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Intended learning outcomes
Graduates of the Master of Philosophy – Education will be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced theoretical knowledge and understanding of current research developments and debates within a specialised area, able to identify a knowledge gap.
- Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply established theories to different bodies of knowledge or practice.
- Design, evaluate, implement, analyse, theorise and disseminate research that makes a contribution to knowledge in the research field.
- Plan and execute a substantial research investigation.
- Present a coherent and sustained argument and communicate research findings to specialists and non -specialist audiences.
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the ethical implications of designing and conducting research investigations involving human subjects and a commitment to research integrity and ethics.
Generic skills
Graduates of the Master of Philosophy – Education will develop the following set of generic skills:
- Critical reasoning and thinking
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Evidence based decision making
- Creativity and innovation
- Project management
- Self-reflection, career awareness and lifelong learning
- Ethical skills
Graduate attributes
The Melbourne Experience enables our graduates to become:
- Academically excellent
- Knowledgeable across disciplines
- Leaders in communities
- Attuned to cultural diversity
- Active global citizens.
Graduate research degrees further develop these core attributes in important ways. Masters degrees at the University of Melbourne seek to develop graduates who have a capacity for defining and managing a research project characterised by originality and independence. Their training equips them for more sustained and original work at the doctoral level or for applied research positions in a wide variety of contexts. The University expects its masters by research graduates to have the following attributes:
- An ability to initiate research projects and to formulate viable research questions
- A demonstrated capacity to design, conduct and report independent and original research on a closely-defined project
- An ability to manage time to maximise the quality of research
- An understanding of the major contours of international research in the research area
- A capacity for critical evaluation of relevant scholarly literature
- Well-developed and flexible problem-solving abilities appropriate to the discipline
- The ability to analyse research data within a changing disciplinary environment
- The capacity to communicate effectively the results of research and scholarship by oral and written communication
- An understanding of and facility with scholarly conventions in the discipline area
- A profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethics of research and scholarship
- A capacity to cooperate with other researchers
- An ability to manage information effectively, including the application of computer systems and software where appropriate to the student's field of study.
Last updated: 10 February 2024