ED3992:06
Research Methodologies in Education
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 1 |
78 hours workshops/seminars. Semester 2.
Available to students enrolled in Bachelor of Education (Honours).
Staff: Professor B Davies (Townsville campus); Dr P Boman (Cairns campus).
This subject can be undertaken either as an introduction to the honours program or as a research elective. It provides an overview of the range of research methodologies used in educational research. Its purposes are: to give students some knowledge of and competence in a range of research methods; to enable students to understand the relations between theoretical and philosophical assumptions and different approaches to research; to enable students to learn how to ask research questions and to plan how to answer them; to plan their own research project in consultation with their pro tem supervisor and to write and present their research proposal, including, if relevant a pilot study, and the forms for ethics approval.
Learning Objectives:
- a critical understanding of the nature and purposes of major approaches to educational research;
- an understanding of the potential applications of these approaches to education problems;
- a familiarity with basic research methods and ethics in educational inquiry;
- the ability to plan a research project.
Assessment by workshop participation (40%); research proposal or project (60%).