Term 1&2

This module encourages students in understanding, designing and implementing research in the field of education. It will introduce you to a range of established research strategies and techniques, including data collection and analysis. These skills will enable you to design and carry out a dissertation research project, as well as to disseminate its findings. As part of this module you will present your research design and have the opportunity to receive feedback ahead of completing your dissertation.

Principle Module Aims

• To introduce students to the various, sometimes competing, paradigms in educational research
• To involve students in reading, critically, research papers, monographs and texts
• To encourage students to identify the theoretical and methodological grounds on which educational research is based.
• Assessing the efficacy of such research from a variety of perspectives and practices

Sample Topics

• Reading research
• Paradigms of Educational Research
• Ethical and political issues associated with educational research
• Research skills in quantitative, qualitative and related methods