Research Design
Course Title: Research Design
Course Code: LJMU-7506-MALED
Programme: MA in Leadership in Education
Credits: 20.00
Course Description:
Aims
To provide opportunities for professionals in education to:
- Further extend their knowledge and understanding of practitioner research approaches in education
- Develop an empirical evidence base for the analysis of theory and practice and the application of research methodologies appropriate to the nature of the identified area
- Design, plan and construct a research proposal
Learning Outcomes
After completing the module the student should be able to:
1 Critically analyse research methodologies and methods suited to educational research
2 Examine the ethical dimensions of research practice
3 Critically reflect upon the intellectual and physical resource implications of effective research design
4 Critically explore the relevance of existing theory and evidence base to research design
Learning Outcomes of Assessments
The assessment item list is assessed via the learning outcomes listed:
Report 1 2 3 4
Typical Module duration: 8.0 Week(s)