RSE4801
Assignment 1
Open date: Monday, 31 March 2025 Due date:
Due: Thursday, 15 May 2025
N.B PARAPHRASE YOUR WORK TO AVOID PLAGARISM (CHANGE WORDS)
Learning Unit 1: Becoming an educational researcher
Introduction
In this unit, you learnt about what it means to become a researcher in education. Part of
this learning entailed developing understanding of the nature and purposes of research.
Assignment question
Given this, you are required to complete a reflective essay of about 1800 – 2000 words in
which you reflect on what you think (1) makes and/or constitutes an exceptional
educational researcher in a context like South (Africa), and (2) what do you think will
inform and shape your own becoming of an educational researcher.
In answering these questions, you asking expected to draw from the following ideas and
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Assignment 1
Open date: Monday, 31 March 2025 Due date:
Due: Thursday, 15 May 2025
N.B PARAPHRASE YOUR WORK TO AVOID PLAGARISM (CHANGE WORDS)
Learning Unit 1: Becoming an educational researcher
Introduction
In this unit, you learnt about what it means to become a researcher in education. Part of
this learning entailed developing understanding of the nature and purposes of research.
Assignment question
Given this, you are required to complete a reflective essay of about 1800 – 2000 words in
which you reflect on what you think (1) makes and/or constitutes an exceptional
educational researcher in a context like South (Africa), and (2) what do you think will
inform and shape your own becoming of an educational researcher.
In answering these questions, you asking expected to draw from the following ideas and
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