Course description
Students will learn how to design research that contributes to the understanding and improvement of educational practice. They will develop an understanding of practitioner based research methods and produce a detailed research proposal that includes a clearly defined, and justified, research design and methodology aimed at studying a specific educational problem.
Choosing a research methods course
Research methods courses in education, social work or counselling prepare you for exploring answers to questions or testing theories about what works. They help students to develop expertise in disciplined inquiry. A range of courses are offered by the Faculty of Education and Social Work to prepare students for effectively researching and evaluating a programme or problem of practice in the most appropriate way. Research methods courses are organised under four major themes:
- Educational research
Diverse methods spanning experimental/scientific to interpretive/post-modern approaches that focus on policy, teachers and teaching, students and learning, from pre-school to higher education. - Practitioner research
Methods that examine how best to conduct research with and by practitioners in their professional contexts. - Kaupapa Māori research
Methods that respect and utilise Māori perspectives on knowledge and knowing focused on research with, by, and for Māori. - Social Work and Counselling research
Methods used in applied and theoretical research within social work and counselling professional practices that inform social and community research.
Course Coordinators
Currently scheduled classes
2021 Epsom (Semester 2): Epsom (Semester 2): Compulsory on campus block sessions on Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd July from 9am to 4pm
2021 Offshore Online (Semester 2)
Take this course
This course can be taken as a taught course in the following programmes: