EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: recognize research in education; choose relevant literature; recognize kinds of research’s methods; analyze data; design research proposal; write research report.

Topics:

1. Research in Education
2. Identifying a Research Problem and Question, and Searching Relevant Literature
3. The steps in the Process of Research
4. Specifying a Purpose and Research Questions or Hypotheses
5. Understanding Relevant Literature and Writing a Literature Review
6. Finding Web-Based Resources and Using Library Resources
7. Plagiarism and How to Avoid It
8. Experimental Design
9. Correlational Design
10. Survey Design
11. Grounded Theory Design
12. Ethnographic Design
13. Narrative Research Design
14. Quantitative Research Design
15. Qualitative Research Design
16. Mixed Methods Design
17. Action Research Design
18. Reseach and Development Design
19. Issues in Valdity and Reliability
20. Collecting Quantitative Data
21. Collecting Qualitative Data
22. Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data
23. Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data
24. Creating a Research Proposal
25. Presenting Research
26. Publishing Research