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The course is an introduction frameworks for thinking about research, ethical considerations required for planning research and the ethical clearance 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
Jane McChesney
Jane Abbiss
Bell, Judith; Doing your research project : a guide for first-time researchers in education and social science ; 3rd ed; Open University Press, 1999.
Bogdan, Robert. , Biklen, Sari Knopp; Qualitative research for education : an introduction to theory and methods ; 4th ed; A&B, 2003.
Cohen, Louis , Manion, Lawrence., Morrison, Keith; Research methods in education ; 6th ed; Routledge, 2007.
Davidson, Carl. , Tolich, Martin., Pearson Education New Zealand; Social science research in New Zealand : many paths to understanding / Carl Davidson and Martin Tolich (editors) ; Longman, 1999.
Denzin, Norman K. , Lincoln, Yvonna S; Strategies of qualitative inquiry ; 2nd ed; Sage, 2003.
Mutch, Carol. , New Zealand Council for Educational Research; Doing educational research : a practitioner's guide to getting started ; NZCER Press, 2005 (or 2nd edition 2013).
Smith, Linda Tuhiwai; Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples ; Zed Books ;, 1999.
Tolich, Martin; Research ethics in Aotearoa New Zealand : concepts, practice, critique ; Longman, 2001.
Yin, Robert K; Case study research : design and methods ; 4th ed; Sage Publications, 2009.
Readings/ResourcesReadings and other resources will be provided during the course.
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Domestic fee $875.00
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 .