EDUC459-07W (C) Whole Year 2007

Research Methods

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 February 2007
End Date: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 March 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 September 2007

Description

This course provides theoretical foundations and practical experiences in a range of research methodologies. Issues covered include the nature of educational research, ethics, research design, the selection of research participants, methods of data collection and analysis, and approaches to critical analyses of published research.

This course provides theoretical foundations and practical experiences in a range of research methodologies in education: qualitative, quantitative, bicultural, and social policy. Course content includes the nature of educational research, ethics, approaches to critical analyses of published research, research design, validity and reliability, the selection of research participants, methods of data collection and analysis, and presentation of research findings.

Students involved with schools, early childhood centres or other organisations will work collaboratively with professionals at the organisation to identify an appropriate research topic to investigate and develop and implement a research plan. Students not involved with organisations may choose to undertake a similar practical research project or to develop a detailed research proposal.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School.

Course Coordinator

Diane Pearce

Textbooks / Resources

To be advised.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $984.00

* 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.

Where a course has been transferred across from CCE to UC and the student is enrolled in 2006 and is continuing in the same programme, the fee for advancing CCE students will be either
   the previous CCE 2006 fee + 10% OR
   the 2007 fee (above)
whichever is the lower.

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

All EDUC459 Occurrences

  • EDUC459-07W (C) Whole Year 2007