Module Descriptors
RESEARCH RATIONALE AND AIMS
EDUC70278
Key Facts
Faculty of Business, Education and Law
Level 7
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Katharine Vigurs
Email: K.Vigurs@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 10
Independent Study Hours: 290
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Texts
Punch, K.F. (2005) Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. London: Sage.
Ramcharan, P & Cutcliffe, J (2001) Judging the ethics of qualitative research: considering the 'ethics as process' model, Health and Social Care in the Community, 9, 6, 358-366.
BERA (2004) Revised Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research. www.bera.ac.uk
Ramcharan, P & Cutcliffe, J (2001) Judging the ethics of qualitative research: considering the 'ethics as process' model, Health and Social Care in the Community, 9, 6, 358-366.
BERA (2004) Revised Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research. www.bera.ac.uk
Module Resources
Course handbook with further bibliographical guidance
Library electronic access with guidance and bibliographical search guidance.
Library electronic access with guidance and bibliographical search guidance.
Module Learning Strategies
Tutorials and seminars. Oral/written-formative feedback. Use of Blackboard VLE.
Module Indicative Content
Epistemologies and methods in social science;
Principles of the major intellectual traditions in qualitative and quantitative research (e.g. positivist; hermeneutic; constructivist);
Legal and ethical basis of precautionary and protective aspects of research practice with vulnerable subjects;
Implications of ethical requirements for research design.
Principles of the major intellectual traditions in qualitative and quantitative research (e.g. positivist; hermeneutic; constructivist);
Legal and ethical basis of precautionary and protective aspects of research practice with vulnerable subjects;
Implications of ethical requirements for research design.
Module Additional Assessment Details
The assignment will outline a rationale for a research design, including identification of methods, ethical safeguards and the benefits of the planned project to users and participants. The rationale should be related to an area of policy and practice examined in Module 1 (BSB20187-M).