Elements and Performance Criteria
- Select appropriate research strategies
- Select and justify appropriate research methods for the requirements of the permaculture project and the available resources
- Develop and justify a research question or hypothesis
- Select a combination of research methods to promote the validity of the outcomes
- Negotiate the selection of research strategies with key people
- Gather information
- Identify relevant information sources and review relevant and credible literature related to the research topic
- Assess and analyse legislative requirements impacting on the project
- Identify government departments and agencies with a potential interest in the permaculture project
- Collect and catalogue information from a wide range of sources
- Consult with key people
- Identify and consult a representative range of people and groups with an interest in the issues relating to the permaculture project
- Review information, check for accuracy and identify the need for further information and follow-up
- Liaise with key people, where required
- Undertake community consultations following agreed practices and protocols
- Organise and analyse information
- Report the findings of the research
- Report complete and accurate details of the research methodology, information and analysis
- Provide opportunities for the validation of the research findings using a range of different processes
- Report the research findings in an accessible and useable style and format
- Make the research available to all key people and those who have an interest in the project