Report

Research paradigms: the nature of educational/professional research activity and its relationship to concepts of professionalism, quantitative and qualitative methodologies, case study, action research and other approaches.
Ethical issues in researching professional practice.
Selected research methods (design of research instruments and analysis and interpretation) drawn from the following:
- The use of literature and other documentary evidence
- Selected statistical techniques including consideration of the use of quantitative surveys/questionnaires 
- The use of surveys/questionnaires to collect qualitative data
- The use of interviews/focus groups 
- The use of observation techniques
- Issues related to validity, reliability, objectivity and subjectivity
- Approaches to reporting and disseminating research

Research Design - 7206MA

Research Design

Examine the ethical dimensions of research practice.

Critically reflect upon the intellectual and physical resource implications of effective research design.

Critically analyse research methodologies and methods suited to educational
research.

Critically explore the relevance of existing theory and evidence base to research
design.