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The course is an introduction to frameworks for thinking about research, ethical considerations required for planning research and the ethical approval process. The course provides students with opportunities to identify appropriate research issues and to formulate research questions. This course supports students' critical reading of research and decisions made in planning research. A range of methodologies and methods of educational research are introduced.
MEd contact at the College of Education Postgraduate Office 3642987 ext 4877 postgraduate@education.canterbury.ac.nz
On the successful completion of this course participants will be able to: Explain the purposes of research in educational contexts Critically evaluate selected research articles using a reflective framework Identify the decisions researchers make in the design of educational research Critically evaluate research studies from an ethical stance Apply ethical principles to a range of research scenarios Identify and evaluate the relationships between research paradigms, methodologies and methods.
Subject to the approval of the Head of School
EDUC459, EDUC659, EDTL801
Students must attend weekly class session
Jane McChesney
Jane Abbiss
Recommended Reading – updated with newer editions (not in APA7th format)Judith Bell with Stephen Waters. Doing your research project : A guide for first time researchers / 2014 6th edition https://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&npp=30&index=bib&term=2107315Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrison. Research methods in education / 2018. 8th editionhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/canterbury/detail.action?docID=5103697John W. Creswell, J. David Creswell, Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches / 2018 5th editionhttps://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&npp=30&index=bib&term=2603786John W. Creswell, Cheryl N. Poth. Qualitative inquiry & research design : choosing among five approaches / 2018 4th editionhttps://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&npp=30&index=bib&term=2486264John W. Creswell. 30 essential skills for the qualitative researcher / 2016https://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&npp=30&index=bib&term=2124961Martin Tolich ; Carl Davidson. Social science research in New Zealand : an introduction / 2018Ebook: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/canterbury/detail.action?docID=5732771Book: https://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&npp=30&index=bib&term=2676859Carol Mutch. Doing educational research : a practitioner's guide to getting started / 2013 2nd editionhttps://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&npp=30&index=bib&term=2669822Smith, Linda Tuhiwai, Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples/ 2012 2nd editition https://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&npp=30&index=bib&term=1783556Joan E. Sieber, Martin B. Tolich. Planning ethically responsible research / 2013 2nd editioneBook: http://ezproxy.canterbury.ac.nz/login?url=https://methods.sagepub.com/book/planning-ethically-responsible-research-2e?utm_source=ss360&utm_medium=discovery-providerbook: https://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&npp=30&index=bib&term=195288Robert K. Yin. Case study research : design and methods / 2018 6th editionhttps://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&npp=30&index=bib&term=2604165Readings/ResourcesReadings and other resources will be provided during the courseß
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Domestic fee $942.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .