Educational Research IΙ |
Educational Research IΙ – 5 ECTS Coordinators: Athanassios Jimoyiannis – Despina Tsakiri Course Description This module provides a comprehensive study of the fundamentals of the qualitative educational research methods used in investigating learning design, resources and material in formal education, non-formal education and e-learning programs. The main topics include ethnographic and narrative methods, content analysis and coding methods, action research, and current research methods on distance learning and e-learning programs. Other issues addressed relate to the nature of educational research, academic writing and publication, and ethics in educational research. Objectives Postgraduate students will have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and competence to do quality scholarly research, e.g. identifying a research problem, reviewing the literature, specifying research objectives and articulating research questions or hypotheses, collecting either qualitative or quantitative data, analysing and interpreting qualitative or quantitative data, reporting and evaluating their research. Particular emphasis is placed on educational research design and the articulation of research questions with a valid and reliable research methodology. Learning outcomes After having completed this module, students will be able
Structure The module comprises lectures, readings, exercises and other formative assessment tasks through the e-learning platform (http://moodle.korinthos.uop.gr). Students’ assessment Students’ assessment is based on their participation in exercises, tasks and on-line activities accompanied by an essay illustrating why and how a particular research method could be used in a specific educational research problem. Bibliography Creswell, J. W. (2008). Educational research: planning, conducting and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. N.J.: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall (3rd ed.). |