Foundations of Educational Research

Overview

An eight-week introduction to research methods for educators and early-career researchers.

What you’ll learn

• Frame a researchable question
• Choose appropriate qualitative or quantitative methods
• Collect data ethically
• Write a short research report

Syllabus

1. 1

   Module 1: Asking good questions

   From classroom puzzle to research question.

2. 2

   Module 2: Reading the literature

   Searching, evaluating and synthesising.

3. 3

   Module 3: Methods overview

   Surveys, interviews, observations and experiments.

4. 4

   Module 4: Research ethics

   Consent, privacy and working with minors.

5. 5

   Module 5: Analysing data

   Descriptive statistics and thematic coding.

6. 6

   Module 6: Reporting

   Writing and presenting findings.