This module develops your understanding of how to improve your professional practice by conducting a small-scale practitioner led inquiry, using an education action research approach to research.

During the Action Research module, you will develop your ability to:

Create effective teaching resources
Respond to wider factors that influence learning programmes
Make evidence informed improvements to your teaching practice
Engage in small scale practitioner led inquiry using an action research methodology
Use technology enhanced learning
Communicate through presentations and preparation for published findings (English, maths and ICT).

A 20 minute presentation to justify proposed research (30%, LO1, LO2)

To enable a wider audience from outside the course group, this will be either delivered online or F2F streamed live.

Formative assessment

Reflect on feedback from your research proposal presentation. Justify changes to your project/methodology. Gain ethical approval for your project prior to commencing your research.

Assessment 2

You will complete a written research report of your implemented education action research project (abstract, literature review, methodology, data findings, analysis and recommendations) (5,000 words, 70%, LOs 3-6)

This module will be delivered through face to face, synchronous and asynchronous online through:
1)Interactive content delivery sessions
2)Online learning weeks
3)Peer review of research project
4)Assignment workshops
5)Academic tutorial sessions
6)Flipped learning – engagement in key pre-session tasks

Professionally present a justification of your research proposal to an academic/professional audience.
Communication

Critically analyse factors that influence your existing programmes of learning, justifying an area for change through technology enhanced learning

Reflection, communication,Enquiry

Critically review education and discipline specific literature in relation to your research project.
Knowledge and understanding

Justify choice of action research approach for your chosen education research focus

Analysis, communication

Systematically apply ethical education action research methodology to develop your professional practice. Enquiry, Problem solving,

Evaluate the impact of your education action research intervention using appropriate approaches to data presentation and analysis.

Application, enquiry

Weblinks

Advance HE: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/

Linked in - Online learning: https://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/library/eresources/linkedin-learning/

The Guardian Higher Education:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/higher-education
Jobs, critical viewpoints, resources etc.

JISC https://www.jisc.ac.uk/

The Times Higher Education:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/
Jobs, critical viewpoints, resources etc.

SEDA: https://www.seda.ac.uk/

Key higher education organisations:
https://padlet.com/d_n_hindmarch1/PGCHPEweblinks

BERA (2018) Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (4th Edn.)
BELL, J. (2018) Doing Your Research Project (7th Edition), Maidenhead: Open University Press.
COHEN, L. MANION, L and MORRISON, K. (2017) Research Methods in Education (8th edition), London: Routledge.
CONNOLLY, P. (2017) Using randomised controlled trials in education. London: Sage.
DENSCOMBE, M. (2010) The Good Research Guide (4THEdn.) Buckinghamshire: OUP.
GILLHAM, B (2005) Research Interviewing. London: Bloomsbury.
HINDMARCH, D., MACHIN, L., MURRAY, S., RICHARDSON, T & WALMSLEY-SMITH, H. (2020) A Concise Guide to Lecturing in HE. St Albans: Critical Publishing.

Journals

There are a number of educational journals which are a valuable contemporary resource during this module. Of particular relevance are:

Innovation in Higher Education: http://journals.staffs.ac.uk/index.php/ipihe/index

Teaching in higher education
https://rh5pp9fz2b.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&N=100&L=RH5PP9FZ2B&S=AC_T_B&C=++Teaching+in+higher+education

This module develops your understanding of how to improve your professional practice by conducting a small-scale practitioner led inquiry, using an education action research approach to research.

During the Action Research module, you will develop your ability to:

1. Create effective teaching resources
2. Respond to wider factors that influence learning programmes
3. Make evidence informed improvements to your teaching practice
4. Engage in small scale practitioner led inquiry using an action research methodology
5. Use technology enhanced learning
6. Communicate through presentations and preparation for published findings (English, maths and ICT).