EDU-20020 - Module Specification
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

SOC-20046, CRI-20020

Description for 2024/25

This module is concerned with the enquiry into educational issues. It relates to issues of theory, focus and method. Our aim is to provide students with an introductory experience of education research - of the questions it asks, the practices that it employs and the methods by which it seeks to find answers. In doing so, we aim to offer an insight into different traditions of research. Our overall intention is two-fold: first, to enable students to read, understand and assess educational research publications; second, to enable students to engage in the practice of research skills.

The module is concerned with research into educational issues. It relates to issues of theory, focus, and method. Our aim is to provide students with an introductory experience of education research - the questions it asks, the practices that it employs and the methods by which it seeks to find answers.
The module intends to:
- enable students to read, understand and assess educational research publications;
- enable students to design a small-scale research project
- engage in the practice of research skills within workshops

Intended Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate qualitative and quantitative social scientific methods for data collection: 1
Explain the relationship between theory, methodology and method: 1
Plan a small-scale research project that will evaluate various research strategies and methods for answering research questions / or testing hypotheses: 1
Identify and assess the ethical issues that may arise in relation to educational research in the design and carrying out of their research: 1
Recognise and evaluate particular techniques of data collection and analysis in educational research (interviewing, observation, surveys, textual methods): 1
1
Analyse and evaluate texts in the form of policy documents, speeches or reports for the purpose of communicating ideas about educational issues:

Study hours

11 hours Lectures
11 hours workshop
11 hours of structured engagement with online resources
67 hours directed and private study
50 hours preparation period for the assessment

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment