RSE4801 Assignment 1 2023 Highly Rated

Question 1 Linda Tuhiwai Smith narrates her journey as a community health worker and researcher. Discuss the personal, professional, ethical and political factors that shaped the research path of Smith. How does Smith's journey help you to understand your own research interests and foci? Include specific examples related to you as an emergent researcher. What do you think are the educational issues in your community/school that you would want to research? Provide concrete examples from your community. Question 2 Describe the purpose and main elements of the different components of a research proposal In education as discussed in Unit 1. Question 3 The Anthropocene refers to the crisis that does not only threaten humanity but also other living species and the environment in general. The young generation are the inheritors of this crisis that entails global warming, environmental degradation, extreme and unpredictable weather conditions, famine and human displacement. A central issue is that humans set themselves above and separate from all the other living beings and non-living entities and a central question is how can all entities exist sustainably? Provide a brief description of the Anthropocene and the implications for the curriculum (300 words). Identify and describe an educational research project that responds to this condition and that investigates how we could live differently. Your response is based on the following elements: o Title o Background and problem statement o Research questions o Purpose and rationale of the research Question 4 The establishment of a constitutional democracy in South Africa influences various aspects of education such as management, pedagogy and curriculum. Choose one? of these aspects of education and conceptualise a research project in which democratic values and skills are investigated in education. Include in your response a discussion of the context of the problem, a problem statement, research question, research type and appropriate research methods