UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

EDF5671 Leadership challenge project

Faculty of Education

EDF5671 Leadership challenge project is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton and Singapore. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points: 12
Offered in 2020: Semester 1, Semester 2; Clayton, Singapore
Assessment: No exam; 2 tasks
Workload: 288 hours; per semester

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2021 entry.

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Requisites

Before EDF5671

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After EDF5671

No unit lists EDF5671 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Corequisite: Enrolment in D6004 MLead

Overview

This unit allows you to undertake a project and demonstrate your learning around leadership development in a specific context. It involves the design of a self-directed project focusing on an issue or challenge encountered in the course of leadership. The challenge becomes the basis of the design of a small-scale inquiry. You will learn how to set out the key features of an inquiry project, design a small scale inquiry and interpret findings in relation to a challenge. In doing this, you will enhance your awareness of who you are as a leader in the meaning-making process and how you influence it.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching period	Campus	Mode
First semester	Clayton	Flexible
Second semester	Clayton	Flexible
Term 2	Singapore	Block off
Term 4	Singapore	Block off

Assessment

Leadership challenge design (3200 words or equivalent)
40%
Leadership challenge report (4800 words or equivalent)
60%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1
Identify a leadership challenge
2
Articulate the design aspects of an inquiry project in order to secure appropriate evidence to use to examine the challenge
3
Access literature that is relevant to your professional challenge and identify how the literature responds to it
4
Consider additional evidence that may address the challenge and their implications
5
Analyse the evidence used and determine the relevance of the findings to the challenge
6
Articulate the implications and actions that may address the challenge
7
Communicate findings of the project to a professional and/or academic audience.

Workload and teaching

Tutorials22 hours
Tutorials12 hours
Teaching approachActive learning

Flexible mode offers a stand-alone online offering that allows you to learn and engage in content and assessment in a supported way. It also provides a face-to-face component over the semester to engage you with the online learning content, which you can attend if you are able and interested.

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for flexible students:

12 contact hours and 24 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester or
36 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester*

(b.) Requirements for offshore Kaplan-based students:

one intensive block (usually from Thursday to Sunday)
at least 14 hours of online study per term

(c.) Additional requirements (all students):

independent study to meet the minimum required hours per semester

*International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this contact hour delivery mode.

You will engage in a number of active learning experiences through scheduled classes, which will focus on enquiry-based learning to develop a research question that will be answered by a thorough review of relevant literature. Other teaching and learning activities include peer assisted learning.

Learning resources

Recommended resources

Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.

Contacts

Chief Examiners: Dr Melanie Brooks
Unit Coordinators: Ms Nicola Sum

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for EDF5671?

EDF5671 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is EDF5671 offered?

In 2020, EDF5671 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton and Singapore.

How much work is EDF5671?

The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does EDF5671 have an exam?

No. EDF5671 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points: 12
Level: 5
Study level: Postgraduate
Faculty: Faculty of Education

Type: Coursework
EFTSL: 0.250
Student contribution: SCA Band 1
Study abroad: Not available
Handbook years: 20202021