EDED11282  Educational Research Methodology

Not offered in 2001

What is research? How is it designed? What do researchers actually do? In response to these questions, this course seeks to provide a broad and general overview of social research and, more specifically, educational research, for those who have little or no prior experience in research activity. It examines the differences and relationships amongst research methodologies, methods and techniques, exploring such methods as experimental research, ethnography, case study, action research, and discourse analysis, as well as their associated techniques of data collection and analysis. The course also discusses issues of research ethics and management, and provides opportunity for students to write research proposals and reports in combination with small scale research projects.