Overview
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Offerings
DUBAI-ISC-TJD-INT-2018-2019
DUBAI-ISC-TJD-INT-2020-ONGOING
DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2018-2019
DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2020-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2019-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2019-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2019-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2019-ONGOING
Enrolment rules
Nil.
Students who have successfully completed EDU434/634 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods OR EDU438/638 Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods OR E501 Qualitative Research Methods OR EDU603 Introduction to Research for Educators may not enrol in this unit for credit.
Other learning activities
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Learning activities
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Learning outcomes
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Introduce you to some key methodological issues in educational research, and to provide opportunities to examine different strategies for conducting research that is systematic, credible and ethical.
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Provide opportunities for you to begin to participate in the educational research community by engaging with the research of others, and talking with peers about your emerging understandings about research.
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Support educators /postgraduate students as they develop their research skills (educators at all levels, including early childhood educators, primary and secondary school teachers, tertiary level educators, education administrators and those working in non-formal and informal education settings).
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Initiate discussions about the scope, purpose and quality of research in education.
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Develop theoretical understandings of the research process and activities to conduct high-quality research.
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Encourage deep and thoughtful engagement with the field of research in education via critical analysis of published research literature and academic reports.
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Understand some similarities and differences between qualitative and quantitative research designs.
Assessments
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Additional information
Unit content:This unit is an introduction to empirical research methods commonly used in education research and related disciplines in the social sciences. The emphasis is on quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, but the intention is not to value the associated methods of research over other legitimate forms of research (e.g., historiography or philosophical research). Parallel to the presentation of different methods of research, we will examine the process of research. This is the process by which the researcher takes an idea and formulates this idea into a rigorous research study (or programme); this unit will examine the various steps in this process including the creation of specific research questions and justifying the need for the research.
Research is an activity. Research is participatory. Research occurs in a community. This unit is designed to actively engage students in this process from the start of the unit through the end of the unit. The unit coordinator(s) /tutor(s) look forward to assisting you in this very rewarding—and sometimes challenging—process.